November 2022 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse will take place on 8 November 2022. The moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow. This eclipse will occur 13 days before the opening ceremony of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, which occurs on 21 November 2022. Occurring only 5.8 days before apogee (Apogee on November 14, 2022), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.

November 2022 lunar eclipse
Total eclipse
Date8 November 2022
Gamma0.2570
Magnitude1.3589
Saros cycle136 (20 of 72)
Totality84 minutes, 58 seconds
Partiality219 minutes, 50 seconds
Penumbral353 minutes, 51 seconds

Visibility

It will be completely visible over the Pacific, and most of North America, will be seen rising over Australia and Asia, and setting over South America and eastern North America.

Eclipses of 2022

Lunar year series

Saros series

This eclipse is 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).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two hybrid solar eclipses of Solar Saros 143.

3 November 2013 14 November 2031

Metonic series

This eclipse is the third of four 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)

See also

References
  1. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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