November 2060 lunar eclipse


A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Monday, November 8, 2060, 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, the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
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.

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
ParameterValue
Penumbral Magnitude0.02860
Umbral Magnitude−0.93560
Gamma1.53318
Sun Right Ascension14h56m11.8s
Sun Declination-16°46'13.7"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'08.5"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension02h53m43.2s
Moon Declination+18°13'31.2"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'44.5"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°01'26.6"
ΔT92.5 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months 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.
October 9
Ascending node
October 24
Descending node
November 8
Ascending node
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 118
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 144
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 156

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2060

Metonic series

Tritos series