November 2060 lunar eclipse
| Penumbral eclipse | |||||||||
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2060Nov08.png The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left | |||||||||
| Date | November 8, 2060 | ||||||||
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| Gamma | 1.5332 | ||||||||
| Magnitude | −0.9356 | ||||||||
| Saros cycle | 156 (1 of 81) | ||||||||
| Penumbral | 43 minutes, 0 seconds | ||||||||
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A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Monday, November 8, 2060,[1] with an umbral magnitude of −0.9356. 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 only about 11 hours after perigee (on November 7, 2060, at 17:15 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]
This eclipse will be too small to be visually perceptible.
Visibility
[edit | edit source]The eclipse will be completely visible over North and South America, West Africa, Europe, and northern Russia.[3]
| File:Lunar eclipse from moon-2060Nov08.png File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2060Nov08.png |
Eclipse details
[edit | edit source]Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[4]
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Penumbral Magnitude | 0.02860 |
| Umbral Magnitude | −0.93560 |
| Gamma | 1.53318 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 14h56m11.8s |
| Sun Declination | -16°46'13.7" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'08.5" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 02h53m43.2s |
| Moon Declination | +18°13'31.2" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'44.5" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°01'26.6" |
| ΔT | 92.5 s |
Eclipse season
[edit | edit source]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.
| October 9 Ascending node (full moon) |
October 24 Descending node (new moon) |
November 8 Ascending node (full moon) |
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| File:SE2060Oct24A.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2060Nov08.png | |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 118 |
Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 144 |
Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 156 |
Related eclipses
[edit | edit source]Eclipses in 2060
[edit | edit source]- A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 15.
- A total solar eclipse on April 30.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 9.
- An annular solar eclipse on October 24.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 8.
Lunar Saros 156
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 28, 2042
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 19, 2078
Triad
[edit | edit source]- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 9, 2147
Lunar eclipses of 2056–2060
[edit | edit source]This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[5]
The penumbral lunar eclipses on February 1, 2056 and July 26, 2056 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the penumbral lunar eclipses on April 15, 2060 and October 9, 2060 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Metonic series
[edit | edit source]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.
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| File:Metonic lunar eclipses 1984-2041D.png | File:Metonic lunar eclipses 1984-2041.png |
Tritos series
[edit | edit source]This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
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