# November 1993 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Monday, November 29, 1993, with an umbral magnitude of 1.0876. 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 about 4.75 days after apogee (on November 24, 1993, at 12:35 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

## Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over North America and western South America, seen rising over northeast Asia, eastern Australia, and the western and central Pacific Ocean and setting over eastern South America, much of Africa, and Europe.

## Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
November 29, 1993 Lunar Eclipse Parameters :
| Parameter | Value |
| Penumbral Magnitude | 2.16333 |
| Umbral Magnitude | 1.08758 |
| Gamma | −0.39941 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 16h20m54.5s |
| Sun Declination | -21°29'12.4" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'12.9" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 04h21m00.8s |
| Moon Declination | +21°07'09.8" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'04.4" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°55'19.3" |
| ΔT | 59.9 s |

## Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) 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.
Eclipse season of November 1993 :
| November 13 Ascending node (new moon) | November 29 Descending node (full moon) |
| Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 123 | Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 135 |

## Related eclipses
### Eclipses in 1993

* A partial solar eclipse on May 21.
* A total lunar eclipse on June 4.
* A partial solar eclipse on November 13.
* A total lunar eclipse on November 29.

### Metonic

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 9, 1990
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 16, 1997

### Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 17, 1986
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 9, 2001

### Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 22, 1984
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 2002

### Tritos

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 30, 1982
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 28, 2004

### Lunar Saros 135

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 18, 1975
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 10, 2011

### Inex

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 19, 1964
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 8, 2022

### Triad

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 29, 1907
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 29, 2080

### Lunar eclipses of 1991–1994

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 30, 1991 and July 26, 1991 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Lunar eclipse series sets from 1991 to 1994 :
| Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Descending node | Descending node | Descending node | Descending node |
| Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma |
| 110 | 1991 Jun 27 | Penumbral | −1.4064 | 115 | 1991 Dec 21 | Partial | 0.9709 |
| 120 | 1992 Jun 15 | Partial | −0.6289 | 125 | 1992 Dec 09 | Total | 0.3144 |
| 130 | 1993 Jun 04 | Total | 0.1638 | 135 | 1993 Nov 29 | Total | −0.3994 |
| 140 | 1994 May 25 | Partial | 0.8933 | 145 | 1994 Nov 18 | Penumbral | −1.1048 |

### Saros 135

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 135, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on April 13, 1615. It contains partial eclipses from July 20, 1777 through October 28, 1939; total eclipses from November 7, 1957 through July 6, 2354; and a second set of partial eclipses from July 16, 2372 through September 19, 2480. The series ends at member 71 as a penumbral eclipse on May 18, 2877.
The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 37 at 106 minutes, 13 seconds on May 12, 2264. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.
| Greatest | First | First | First | First |
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2264 May 12, lasting 106 minutes, 13 seconds. | Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2264 May 12, lasting 106 minutes, 13 seconds. | 1615 Apr 13 | 1777 Jul 20 | 1957 Nov 07 | 2174 Mar 18 |
| Last ||||
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2264 May 12, lasting 106 minutes, 13 seconds. | Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral |
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2264 May 12, lasting 106 minutes, 13 seconds. | 2318 Jun 14 | 2354 Jul 06 | 2480 Sep 19 | 2877 May 18 |
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 12–33 occur between 1801 and 2200: :
| 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| 1813 Aug 12 | 1813 Aug 12 | 1831 Aug 23 | 1831 Aug 23 | 1849 Sep 02 | 1849 Sep 02 |
| 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
| 1867 Sep 14 | 1867 Sep 14 | 1885 Sep 24 | 1885 Sep 24 | 1903 Oct 06 | 1903 Oct 06 |
| 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
| 1921 Oct 16 | 1921 Oct 16 | 1939 Oct 28 | 1939 Oct 28 | 1957 Nov 07 | 1957 Nov 07 |
| 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 |
| 1975 Nov 18 | 1975 Nov 18 | 1993 Nov 29 | 1993 Nov 29 | 2011 Dec 10 | 2011 Dec 10 |
| 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 |
| 2029 Dec 20 | 2029 Dec 20 | 2048 Jan 01 | 2048 Jan 01 | 2066 Jan 11 | 2066 Jan 11 |
| 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 |
| 2084 Jan 22 | 2084 Jan 22 | 2102 Feb 03 | 2102 Feb 03 | 2120 Feb 14 | 2120 Feb 14 |
| 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 |
| 2138 Feb 24 | 2138 Feb 24 | 2156 Mar 07 | 2156 Mar 07 | 2174 Mar 18 | 2174 Mar 18 |
| 33 ||
| 2192 Mar 28 ||

### Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Series members between 1801 and 2200 :
| 1808 May 10 (Saros 118) | 1808 May 10 (Saros 118) | 1819 Apr 10 (Saros 119) | 1819 Apr 10 (Saros 119) | 1830 Mar 09 (Saros 120) | 1830 Mar 09 (Saros 120) | 1841 Feb 06 (Saros 121) | 1841 Feb 06 (Saros 121) | 1852 Jan 07 (Saros 122) | 1852 Jan 07 (Saros 122) |
| 1862 Dec 06 (Saros 123) | 1862 Dec 06 (Saros 123) | 1873 Nov 04 (Saros 124) | 1873 Nov 04 (Saros 124) | 1884 Oct 04 (Saros 125) | 1884 Oct 04 (Saros 125) | 1895 Sep 04 (Saros 126) | 1895 Sep 04 (Saros 126) | 1906 Aug 04 (Saros 127) | 1906 Aug 04 (Saros 127) |
| 1917 Jul 04 (Saros 128) | 1917 Jul 04 (Saros 128) | 1928 Jun 03 (Saros 129) | 1928 Jun 03 (Saros 129) | 1939 May 03 (Saros 130) | 1939 May 03 (Saros 130) | 1950 Apr 02 (Saros 131) | 1950 Apr 02 (Saros 131) | 1961 Mar 02 (Saros 132) | 1961 Mar 02 (Saros 132) |
| 1972 Jan 30 (Saros 133) | 1972 Jan 30 (Saros 133) | 1982 Dec 30 (Saros 134) | 1982 Dec 30 (Saros 134) | 1993 Nov 29 (Saros 135) | 1993 Nov 29 (Saros 135) | 2004 Oct 28 (Saros 136) | 2004 Oct 28 (Saros 136) | 2015 Sep 28 (Saros 137) | 2015 Sep 28 (Saros 137) |
| 2026 Aug 28 (Saros 138) | 2026 Aug 28 (Saros 138) | 2037 Jul 27 (Saros 139) | 2037 Jul 27 (Saros 139) | 2048 Jun 26 (Saros 140) | 2048 Jun 26 (Saros 140) | 2059 May 27 (Saros 141) | 2059 May 27 (Saros 141) | 2070 Apr 25 (Saros 142) | 2070 Apr 25 (Saros 142) |
| 2081 Mar 25 (Saros 143) | 2081 Mar 25 (Saros 143) | 2092 Feb 23 (Saros 144) | 2092 Feb 23 (Saros 144) | 2103 Jan 23 (Saros 145) | 2103 Jan 23 (Saros 145) | 2113 Dec 22 (Saros 146) | 2113 Dec 22 (Saros 146) | 2124 Nov 21 (Saros 147) | 2124 Nov 21 (Saros 147) |
| 2135 Oct 22 (Saros 148) | 2135 Oct 22 (Saros 148) | 2146 Sep 20 (Saros 149) | 2146 Sep 20 (Saros 149) | 2157 Aug 20 (Saros 150) | 2157 Aug 20 (Saros 150) | 2168 Jul 20 (Saros 151) | 2168 Jul 20 (Saros 151) | 2179 Jun 19 (Saros 152) | 2179 Jun 19 (Saros 152) |
| 2190 May 19 (Saros 153) ||

### Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Series members between 1801 and 2200 :
| 1820 Mar 29 (Saros 129) | 1820 Mar 29 (Saros 129) | 1849 Mar 09 (Saros 130) | 1849 Mar 09 (Saros 130) | 1878 Feb 17 (Saros 131) | 1878 Feb 17 (Saros 131) |
| 1907 Jan 29 (Saros 132) | 1907 Jan 29 (Saros 132) | 1936 Jan 08 (Saros 133) | 1936 Jan 08 (Saros 133) | 1964 Dec 19 (Saros 134) | 1964 Dec 19 (Saros 134) |
| 1993 Nov 29 (Saros 135) | 1993 Nov 29 (Saros 135) | 2022 Nov 08 (Saros 136) | 2022 Nov 08 (Saros 136) | 2051 Oct 19 (Saros 137) | 2051 Oct 19 (Saros 137) |
| 2080 Sep 29 (Saros 138) | 2080 Sep 29 (Saros 138) | 2109 Sep 09 (Saros 139) | 2109 Sep 09 (Saros 139) | 2138 Aug 20 (Saros 140) | 2138 Aug 20 (Saros 140) |
| 2167 Aug 01 (Saros 141) | 2167 Aug 01 (Saros 141) | 2196 Jul 10 (Saros 142) | 2196 Jul 10 (Saros 142) |

### 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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 142.
| November 22, 1984 | December 4, 2002 |