November 2022 lunar eclipse

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November 2022 lunar eclipse
Total eclipse
Lunar eclipse of 2022 November 8 - cropped.jpg
Partial from Aichi Prefecture, Japan at 11:04 UTC, with Uranus at the bottom left
Date8 November 2022
Gamma 0.2570
Magnitude 1.3589
Saros cycle 136 (20 of 72)
Totality84 minutes, 58 seconds
Partiality180 minutes, 50 seconds
Penumbral353 minutes, 51 seconds
Contacts (UTC)
P108:02:17
U109:09:12
U210:16:39
Greatest10:59:08
U311:41:37
U412:49:03
P413:56:08
  May 2022
May 2023  

A total lunar eclipse occurred on Tuesday, 8 November 2022. The southern limb of the Moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow. It surpassed the previous eclipse as the longest total lunar eclipse visible from nearly all of North America since 17 August 1989, and until 26 June 2029. [1] [2] [3] Occurring only 5.8 days before apogee (on 14 November 2022), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller. The next total lunar eclipse will take place on 14 March 2025. [4] A lunar occultation of Uranus happened during the eclipse. [5] It was the first total lunar eclipse on Election Day in US history. [6] [7] This event was referred in media coverage as a "beaver blood moon". [8] [9]

Contents

This lunar eclipse was the fourth and last of an almost tetrad, the others being 26 May 2021 (T), 19 November 2021 (P) and 16 May 2022 (T).

Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over the Pacific and most of North America. It was seen on the rising moon in Australia, Asia and in the far north-east of Europe, and on the setting moon in South America and eastern North America.

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Visibility Lunar Eclipse 2022-11-08.png
Visibility map

Eclipses of 2022

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2020–2023
Descending node Ascending node
Saros DateType
Viewing
GammaSarosDate
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma
111
2020-06-05-Penumbral lunar eclipse-Cory Schmitz.jpg
2020 Jun 05
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Penumbral
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1.24063116
Penumbral lunar eclipse nov-11-2020-tlr1.jpg
2020 Nov 30
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Penumbral
Lunar eclipse chart close-2020Nov30.png
−1.13094
121
May 2021 Lunar Eclipse Totality, Mountain View, USA.jpg
2021 May 26
Lunar eclipse from moon-2021May26.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-2021May26.png
0.47741126
Lunar Eclipse - 2021 (51690221681) (cropped).jpg
2021 Nov 19
Lunar eclipse from moon-2021Nov19.png
Partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-2021Nov19.png
−0.45525
131
Full Eclipse of the Moon as seen in from Irvine, CA, USA (52075715442) (cropped).jpg
2022 May 16
Lunar eclipse from moon-2022May16.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-2022may16.png
−0.25324136
Lunar eclipse of 2022 November 8 - cropped.jpg
2022 Nov 08
Lunar eclipse from moon-2022Nov08.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-2022nov08.png
0.25703
141
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 2023 May 5-6.jpg
2023 May 05
Lunar eclipse from moon-2023May05.png
Penumbral
Lunar eclipse chart close-2023May05.png
−1.03495146
Oct29 Eclipse Crop.jpg
2023 Oct 28
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Partial
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0.94716
Last set 2020 Jul 05 Last set 2020 Jan 10
Next set 2024 Mar 25 Next set 2024 Sep 18

Saros series

This eclipse was a part of Saros cycle 136, and the first of the series that passes through the center of the Earth's shadow. The last occurrence was on 28 October 2004. The next occurrence will happen on 18 November 2040.

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). [10] This lunar eclipse was related to two hybrid solar eclipses of Solar Saros 143.

3 November 2013 14 November 2031
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Metonic series

This eclipse is the third of five Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, 8–9 November:

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)
Metonic lunar eclipses 1984-2041D.png Metonic lunar eclipses 1984-2041.png

Tritos series

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Observations

See also

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