November 2003 lunar eclipse

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Total Lunar Eclipse
November 8-9, 2003

Totality from Oudenaarde, Belgium, 1:08 UTC

The moon's path through the earth's shadow
Series 126 (member 45 of 72)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality 24:32
Partial 3:32:04
Penumbral 6:06:48
Contacts
P1 22:15:10 UTC
U1 23:32:30 UTC
U2 1:06:17 UTC
Greatest 1:18:33
U3 1:30:48 UTC
U4 3:04:34 UTC
P4 4:21:58 UTC

The moon's path across shadow in Aries.

A total lunar eclipse took place on November 9, 2003, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 2003.

The first total lunar eclipse occurred on May 16, 2003.

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1:00 UT (Just before totality)
1:16 UT (Near greatest eclipse)
1:35 UT (Just after of totality)
From Minneapolis, Minnesota

1:08 UT, Oudenaarde, Belgium

Near Ottawa, Canada

[edit] Relation to other lunar eclipses

This eclipse is the second of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, November 8-9, each separated by 19 years:

  1. November 8, 1984 [1] - penumbral (Saros series 116)
  2. November 9, 2003 - total (Saros series 126)
  3. November 8, 2022 [2] - total (Saros series 136)
  4. November 8, 2041 [3] - partial (Saros series 146)



The moon's path through the earth's shadow near its ascending node progresses northward through each sequential eclipse. The second and third are total eclipses.

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