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June 2002 lunar eclipse
Penumbral eclipse
	Hourly motion shown right to left
Date	June 24, 2002
Gamma	−1.4439
Magnitude	−0.791
Saros cycle	149 (2 of 72)
Penumbral	129 minutes, 5 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	20:22:28
Greatest	21:27:09
P4	22:31:33
	← May 2002 November 2002 →

A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Monday, June 24, 2002,^[1] with an umbral magnitude of −0.791. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's penumbra. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. Occurring about 6.7 days after perigee (on June 19, 2002, at 3:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.^[2]

Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over Africa, Europe, west and central Asia, and Antarctica, seen rising over much of South America and setting over much of east Asia and Australia.^[3]

	The moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Scorpius.

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.^[4]

June 24, 2002 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter	Value
Penumbral Magnitude	0.21095
Umbral Magnitude	−0.79099
Gamma	−1.44399
Sun Right Ascension	06h13m52.0s
Sun Declination	+23°24'03.8"
Sun Semi-Diameter	15'44.2"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	08.7"
Moon Right Ascension	18h13m25.9s
Moon Declination	-24°47'04.8"
Moon Semi-Diameter	15'42.3"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	0°57'38.4"
ΔT	64.3 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.

Eclipse season of May–June 2002
May 26 Descending node (full moon)	June 10 Ascending node (new moon)	June 24 Descending node (full moon)

Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 111	Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 137	Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 149

Related eclipses

Lunar eclipses of 1998–2002

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1998–2002
Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
109	1998 Aug 08	penumbral	1.4876	114	1999 Jan 31	penumbral	−1.0190
119	1999 Jul 28	partial	0.7863	124	2000 Jan 21	total	−0.2957
129	2000 Jul 16	total	0.0302	134	2001 Jan 09	total	0.3720
139	2001 Jul 05	partial	−0.7287	144	2001 Dec 30	penumbral	1.0732
149	2002 Jun 24	penumbral	−1.4440

Last set	1998 Sep 06			Last set	1998 Mar 13

Next set	2002 May 26			Next set	2002 Nov 20

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[5] This lunar eclipse is related to one partial solar eclipse of Solar Saros 156.