November 2003 lunar eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse
November 8-9, 2003
Totality from Oudenaarde, Belgium, 1:08 UTC
The moon's path through the earth's shadow Series126 (member 45 of 72) Duration (hr:mn:sc) Totality 24:32 Partial 3:32:04 Penumbral 6:06:48 Contacts P1 22:15:10 UTCU1 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.

1 Photo gallery
2 Relation to other lunar eclipses
3 See also
4 External links

Photo gallery

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

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:

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