November 2020 lunar eclipse

Penumbral lunar eclipse of 30 November 2020

Penumbral eclipse

Penumbral eclipse as viewed from Minneapolis, MN, 9:24 UTC

Date

November 30, 2020

Gamma

−1.1309

Magnitude

−0.2602

Saros cycle

116 (58 of 73)

Penumbral

260 minutes, 59 seconds

Contacts (UTC)
P1	7:32:21
Greatest	9:42:49
P4	11:53:20

← July 2020 May 2021 →

A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Monday, November 30, 2020, with an umbral magnitude of −0.2602. 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 about 3.6 days after apogee (on November 26, 2020, at 19:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

This eclipse was the last of four penumbral lunar eclipses in 2020, with the others occurring on January 10, June 5, and July 5.

Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over northeast Asia and North America, seen rising over east Asia and Australia and setting over South America.

Visibility map

Gallery

Minneapolis, 1:45 UT and 9:24 UT
9:40 UT
Hefei, China, 10:03 UTC

Eclipse details

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

November 30, 2020 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter	Value
Penumbral Magnitude	0.83023
Umbral Magnitude	−0.26023
Gamma	−1.13094
Sun Right Ascension	16h27m40.0s
Sun Declination	-21°44'31.0"
Sun Semi-Diameter	16'13.1"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	08.9"
Moon Right Ascension	04h28m46.7s
Moon Declination	+20°44'46.4"
Moon Semi-Diameter	14'52.4"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	0°54'35.1"
ΔT	69.8 s

Eclipse season

Related eclipses

Lunar eclipses of 2020–2023

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 January 10, 2020 and July 5, 2020 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2020 to 2023
Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
111	2020 Jun 05	Penumbral	1.2406	116	2020 Nov 30	Penumbral	−1.1309
121	2021 May 26	Total	0.4774	126	2021 Nov 19	Partial	−0.4553
131	2022 May 16	Total	−0.2532	136	2022 Nov 08	Total	0.2570
141	2023 May 05	Penumbral	−1.0350	146	2023 Oct 28	Partial	0.9472

Saros 116

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 116, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 73 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on March 11, 993 AD. It contains partial eclipses from June 16, 1155 through September 11, 1299; total eclipses from September 21, 1317 through July 11, 1786; and a second set of partial eclipses from July 22, 1804 through October 7, 1930. The series ends at member 73 as a penumbral eclipse on May 14, 2291.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 40 at 102 minutes, 40 seconds on May 16, 1696. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1696 May 16, lasting 102 minutes, 40 seconds.	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	993 Mar 11	1155 Jun 16	1317 Sep 21	1588 Mar 13
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	1750 Jun 19	1786 Jul 11	1930 Oct 07	2291 May 14

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 46–67 occur between 1801 and 2200:
46	47	48
1804 Jul 22	1822 Aug 03	1840 Aug 13

49	50	51
1858 Aug 24	1876 Sep 03	1894 Sep 15

52	53	54
1912 Sep 26	1930 Oct 07	1948 Oct 18

55	56	57
1966 Oct 29	1984 Nov 08	2002 Nov 20

58	59	60
2020 Nov 30	2038 Dec 11	2056 Dec 22

61	62	63
2075 Jan 02	2093 Jan 12	2111 Jan 25

64	65	66
2129 Feb 04	2147 Feb 15	2165 Feb 26

67
2183 Mar 09

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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 123.