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November 2060 lunar eclipse

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November 2060 lunar eclipse
Penumbral eclipse
Hourly movements of the moon through the Earth's southern penumbral shadow
Date8 November 2060
Gamma1.5332[1]
Magnitude-0.9375[2]
Saros cycle156 (1 of 81[1])
Penumbral43 min[2]
Contacts (UTC)
P103:40:33[2]
Greatest04:02:16[2]
P404:24:00[2]
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A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur on November 8, 2060.[2] It will be too small to be visually perceptible.

Visibility

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In the unlikely assumption that it is perceptible, it would be visible over North America and South America, and will be seen rising over Africa and Europe.[citation needed]

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Saros

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Lunar Saros series 156, has 81 lunar eclipses. Solar Saros 163 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

This eclipse series will begin in AD 2421 with a partial eclipse at the northern edge of the Earth's shadow. Each successive Saros cycle, the Moon's orbital path is shifted northward with respect to the Earth's shadow, with the first total eclipse occurring in 2565. For the following 469[citation needed] years, total eclipses occur, with the first central eclipse being predicted to occur in 2655. The first partial eclipse after this is predicted to occur in the year 3052, and the final partial eclipse of the series will occur in 3142.[3] The total lifetime of the lunar Saros series 131 is 1442.4 years.[4] Solar Saros 138 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

Because of the ⅓ fraction of days in a Saros cycle, the visibility of each eclipse will differ for an observer at a given fixed locale. Solar Saros 163 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series. Lunar Saros series 156, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 80 lunar eclipse events including 41 umbral lunar eclipses (14 partial lunar eclipses and 27 total lunar eclipses). Solar Saros 163 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

Lunar year series

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Lunar eclipse series sets from 2056-2060
Descending node   Ascending node
111 2056 Jun 27
penumbral
116 2056 Dec 22
penumbral
121 2057 Jun 17
partial
126 2057 Dec 11
partial
131 2058 Jun 06
total
136 2058 Nov 30
total
141 2059 May 27
partial
146 2059 Nov 19
partial
156 2060 Nov 08
penumbral

Metonic series

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This eclipse is the fifth and final of five Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, November 8–9, each separated by 19 years: The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will be in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

  1. 1984 May 15.19 - penumbral (111)
  2. 2003 May 16.15 - total (121)
  3. 2022 May 16.17 - total (131)
  4. 2041 May 16.03 - penumbral (141)
  1. 1984 Nov 08.75 - penumbral (116)
  2. 2003 Nov 09.05 - total (126)
  3. 2022 Nov 08.46 - total (136)
  4. 2041 Nov 08.19 - partial (146)
  5. 2060 Nov 08.17 - penumbral (156)

References

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  1. ^ a b "LE2060Nov08N.pdf" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on November 7–8, 2060 – Where and When to See". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  3. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 156". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  4. ^ "NASA - Lunar Eclipses of Saros Series 1 to 180". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-23.