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November 1993 lunar eclipse

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Total Lunar Eclipse
November 29, 1993

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series 135 (22 of 71)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality 0:46:39
Partial 3:30:47
Penumbral 5:54:23
Contacts
P1 3:28:52 UTC
U1 4:40:44
U2 6:02:47
Greatest 6:27:06
U3 6:49:27
U4 8:11:31
P4 9:23:15

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

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Eclipses of 1993

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Lunar year series

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Lunar eclipse series sets from 1991–1994
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma
110 1991 Jun 27
Penumbral
−1.40641 115 1991 Dec 21
Partial
0.97094
120 1992 Jun 15
Partial
−0.62887 125
1992 Dec 9
Total
0.31438
130 1993 Jun 4
Total
0.16376 135
1993 Nov 29
Total
−0.39941
140 1994 May 25
Partial
0.89334 145 1994 Nov 18
Penumbral
−1.10479
Last set 1991 Jul 26 Last set 1991 Jan 30
Next set 1995 Apr 15 Next set 1995 Oct 08

Half-Saros cycle

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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.

November 22, 1984 December 4, 2002

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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