A total

lunar eclipse A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Earth ...

occurred on Tuesday, 8 November 2022. The southern

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of the Moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow. It surpassed the previous eclipse as the longest total lunar eclipse visible from nearly all of

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since 17 August 1989, and until 26 June 2029. Occurring only 5.8 days before

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(on 14 November 2022), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller. The next total lunar eclipse will take place on 14 March 2025. A lunar

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happened during the eclipse. It was the first total lunar eclipse on

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in US history. This event was referred in media coverage as a "beaver blood moon". This lunar eclipse was the fourth and last of an ''almost tetrad'', the others being 26 May 2021 (T), 19 November 2021 (P) and 16 May 2022 (T).

Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over the Pacific and most of North America. It was seen on the rising moon in Australia, Asia and in the far north-east of Europe, and on the setting moon in South America and eastern North America.

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 2022

* A partial solar eclipse on 30 April. * A total lunar eclipse on 16 May. * A partial solar eclipse on 25 October. * A total lunar eclipse on 8 November.

Lunar year series

Saros series

This eclipse was a part of

Saros cycle The saros () is a period of exactly 223 synodic months, approximately 6585.3211 days, or 18 years, 10, 11, or 12 days (depending on the number of leap years), and 8 hours, that can be used to predict eclipses of the Sun and Moon. One saros period ...

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).''Mathematical Astronomy Morsels'', Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, "The half-saros" This lunar eclipse was related to two hybrid solar eclipses of

Solar Saros 143 Saros cycle series 143 for solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an ...

Metonic series

This eclipse is the third of five

Metonic cycle The Metonic cycle or enneadecaeteris (from grc, ἐννεακαιδεκαετηρίς, from ἐννεακαίδεκα, "nineteen") is a period of almost exactly 19 years after which the lunar phases recur at the same time of the year. The recu ...

lunar eclipses on the same date, 8–9 November:

Tritos series

* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of December 10, 2011 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of October 8, 2033

Tzolkinex

* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of September 28, 2015 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of December 20, 2029

Observations

File:Blood Moon Miami November 2022.jpg,

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, 10:27 UTC File:Total Lunar Eclipse of November 8 2022.jpg,

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, ~10:30 UTC File:Blood Moon Canberra November 2022.jpg,

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, 10:48 UTC File:20221108 lunar eclipse, Changdao, Shandong 02.jpg, Telescopic view from

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, Shangdong, 11:03 UTC File:Total Lunar Eclipse 8 November 2022.jpg,

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, Thailand, 11:15 UTC File:TLE2022 - 20221109 - 1916 MYT - mid eclipse and Uranus.001 (52486712547).jpg,

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, Malaysia, 11:16 UTC File:2022 Nov Lunar Eclipse Palangka Raya.jpg,

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, Indonesia, 11:26 UTC File:UranusAndMoon 20221108 fromJP.jpg,

shortly after

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, Japan, 11:34 UTC File:11 08 2022 Lunar Eclipse from Laguna, Philippines at 1935 local time.jpg,

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, 11:35 UTC File:Partial Lunar Eclipse of November, 2022.jpg, Partial from

Hefei, China Hefei (; ) is the capital and largest city of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui. Its population was 9,369,881 as of the 2020 census and its built-up ( ...

, 12:31 UTC File:2022 penumbral lunar eclipse in Patancheruvu, India.jpg, Penumbral phase in

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, India, 12:55 UTC File:Penumbral phase of the eclipse in Cebu City.jpg, Penumbral phase seen from Cebu City, Philippines File:Iotw2246a - Beginning to End of a Total Lunar Eclipse.jpg, Total lunar eclipse above the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab

References

External links

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