November 2012 lunar eclipse

Penumbral lunar eclipse 28 November 2012

Penumbral eclipse

The northern part of the Moon perceptibly dimmed as the Moon passed through the Earth's penumbral shadow.

Date

November 28, 2012

Gamma

−1.0869

Magnitude

−0.1859

Saros cycle

145 (11 of 71)

Penumbral

276 minutes, 0 seconds

Contacts (UTC)
P1	12:14:59
Greatest	14:32:59
P4	16:50:59

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A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, November 28, 2012, with an umbral magnitude of −0.1859. 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 3 minutes before apogee (on November 28, 2012, at 14:36 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over much of Asia and Australia, seen rising over Europe, the Middle East, and east Africa and setting over North America and the eastern Pacific Ocean.

	Hourly motion shown right to left	The Moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Taurus.
Visibility map

Images

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.

November 28, 2012 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter	Value
Penumbral Magnitude	0.91685
Umbral Magnitude	−0.18589
Gamma	−1.08693
Sun Right Ascension	16h19m43.5s
Sun Declination	-21°26'15.1"
Sun Semi-Diameter	16'12.8"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	08.9"
Moon Right Ascension	04h20m01.1s
Moon Declination	+20°27'44.7"
Moon Semi-Diameter	14'42.2"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	0°53'57.7"
ΔT	66.9 s

Eclipse season

Related eclipses

Lunar eclipses of 2009–2013

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.

The penumbral lunar eclipses on February 9, 2009 and August 6, 2009 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the lunar eclipses on April 25, 2013 (partial) and October 18, 2013 (penumbral) occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2009 to 2013
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
110	2009 Jul 07	Penumbral	−1.4916	115	2009 Dec 31	Partial	0.9766
120	2010 Jun 26	Partial	−0.7091	125	2010 Dec 21	Total	0.3214
130	2011 Jun 15	Total	0.0897	135	2011 Dec 10	Total	−0.3882
140	2012 Jun 04	Partial	0.8248	145	2012 Nov 28	Penumbral	−1.0869
150	2013 May 25	Penumbral	1.5351

Saros 145

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 145, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on August 11, 1832. It contains partial eclipses from February 24, 2157 through June 3, 2319; total eclipses from June 14, 2337 through November 13, 2589; and a second set of partial eclipses from November 25, 2607 through June 21, 2950. The series ends at member 71 as a penumbral eclipse on September 16, 3094.

The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 34 at 104 minutes, 21 seconds on August 7, 2427. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2427 Aug 07, lasting 104 minutes, 21 seconds.	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	1832 Aug 11	2157 Feb 24	2337 Jun 14	2373 Jul 05
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	2499 Sep 19	2589 Nov 13	2950 Jun 21	3094 Sep 16

Eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

Series members 1–21 occur between 1832 and 2200:
1	2	3
1832 Aug 11	1850 Aug 22	1868 Sep 02

4	5	6
1886 Sep 13	1904 Sep 24	1922 Oct 06

7	8	9
1940 Oct 16	1958 Oct 27	1976 Nov 06

10	11	12
1994 Nov 18	2012 Nov 28	2030 Dec 09

13	14	15
2048 Dec 20	2066 Dec 31	2085 Jan 10

16	17	18
2103 Jan 23	2121 Feb 02	2139 Feb 13

19	20	21
2157 Feb 24	2175 Mar 07	2193 Mar 17

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 152.