Total lunar eclipse November 29, 1993
Total Lunar Eclipse November 29, 1993
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The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
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Series |
135 (22 of 71)
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Duration (hr:mn:sc)
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Totality |
0:46:39
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Partial |
3:30:47
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Penumbral |
5:54:23
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Contacts
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P1 |
3:28:52 UTC
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U1 |
4:40:44
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U2 |
6:02:47
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Greatest |
6:27:06
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U3 |
6:49:27
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U4 |
8:11:31
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P4 |
9:23:15
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A total lunar eclipse took place on Monday, November 29, 1993, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 1993, the first was on Friday, June 4.
Visibility
Eclipses of 1993
Lunar year series
Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 142.
See also
References
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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