November 2060 lunar eclipse

November 2060 lunar eclipse
Penumbral eclipse
	The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left
Date	November 8, 2060
Gamma	1.5332
Magnitude	−0.9356
Saros cycle	156 (1 of 81)
Penumbral	43 minutes, 0 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	3:40:33
Greatest	4:02:16
P4	4:24:00
	← October 2060 April 2061 →

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

The eclipse will be completely visible over North and South America, west Africa, Europe, and northern Russia.^[3]

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.^[4]

November 8, 2060 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
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

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.

Eclipse season of October–November 2060
October 9 Ascending node (full moon)	October 24 Descending node (new moon)	November 8 Ascending node (full moon)

Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 118	Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 144	Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 156

Related eclipses

Lunar eclipses of 2056–2060

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2056-2060
Descending node			Ascending node
111	2056 Jun 27	penumbral	116	2056 Dec 22	penumbral
121	2057 Jun 17	partial	126	2057 Dec 11	partial
131	2058 Jun 06	total	136	2058 Nov 30	total
141	2059 May 27	partial	146	2059 Nov 19	partial
			156	2060 Nov 08	penumbral

Metonic series

This eclipse is the fifth and final of five Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, November 8–9, each separated by 19 years: 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.

1984 May 15.19 - penumbral (111) 2003 May 16.15 - total (121) 2022 May 16.17 - total (131) 2041 May 16.03 - penumbral (141)	1984 Nov 08.75 - penumbral (116) 2003 Nov 09.05 - total (126) 2022 Nov 08.46 - total (136) 2041 Nov 08.19 - partial (146) 2060 Nov 08.17 - penumbral (156)