Back خسوف القمر مايو 2003 Arabic Eclipse lunar de 16 de maio de 2003 Portuguese 2003年5月16日月食 Chinese
| Total eclipse | |||||||||||||||||
 Totality as viewed from Minneapolis, MN, 3:17 UTC | |||||||||||||||||
| Date | May 16, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Gamma | 0.4123 | ||||||||||||||||
| Magnitude | 1.1294 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saros cycle | 121 (54 of 82) | ||||||||||||||||
| Totality | 51 minutes, 12 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Partiality | 193 minutes, 53 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Penumbral | 306 minutes, 31 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
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A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Friday, May 16, 2003,[1] with an umbral magnitude of 1.1294. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. 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. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring only about 15 hours after perigee (on May 15, 2003, at 11:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.[2]
This lunar eclipse marks the beginning of a tetrad, with four total lunar eclipses in series, the others being on November 9, 2003; May 4, 2004; and October 28, 2004. The previous series was in 1985 and 1986, starting with the May 1985 lunar eclipse. The next series was in 2014 and 2015, starting with the April 2014 lunar eclipse.
- ^ "May 15–16, 2003 Total Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon)". timeanddate. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 12 November 2024.