# November 2022 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, with an umbral magnitude of 1.3607. It was a central lunar eclipse, in which part of the Moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow. 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 5.6 days before apogee (on November 14, 2022, at 1:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
This eclipse surpassed the previous eclipse as the longest total lunar eclipse visible from nearly all of North America since August 17, 1989, and until June 26, 2029. A lunar occultation of Uranus happened during the eclipse. It was the first total lunar eclipse on Election Day in US history. This event was referred in media coverage as a "beaver blood moon".
This lunar eclipse was the last of an almost tetrad, with the others being on May 26, 2021 (total); November 19, 2021 (partial); and May 16, 2022 (total).

## Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over northeast Asia and North America, seen rising over Asia and Australia and setting over eastern North America and South America.
* Visibility map

## Gallery

* Miami, Florida, 10:27 UTC
* Merritt Island, Florida, ~10:30 UTC
* Canberra, Australia, 10:48 UTC
* Richmond, Virginia, USA, 10:49 UTC
* Telescopic view from Changdao County, Shangdong, 11:03 UTC
* Buriram, Thailand, 11:15 UTC
* Semporna, Malaysia, 11:16 UTC
* Palangka Raya, Indonesia, 11:26 UTC
* Uranus shortly after occultation in Gifu, Japan, 11:34 UTC
* Laguna, Philippines, 11:35 UTC
* Partial from Hefei, China, 12:31 UTC
* Penumbral phase in Patancheru, India, 12:55 UTC
* Long exposure of the eclipse above the Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope in Tucson, Arizona

## Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
November 8, 2022 Lunar Eclipse Parameters :
| Parameter | Value |
| Penumbral Magnitude | 2.41615 |
| Umbral Magnitude | 1.36069 |
| Gamma | 0.25703 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 14h54m11.2s |
| Sun Declination | -16°37'47.0" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'08.5" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 02h53m48.1s |
| Moon Declination | +16°51'06.7" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'17.7" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°56'07.8" |
| ΔT | 70.7 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 October–November 2022 :
| October 25 Descending node (new moon) | November 8 Ascending node (full moon) |
| Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 124 | Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 136 |

## Related eclipses
### Eclipses in 2022

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

### Metonic

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 21, 2019
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 28, 2026

### Tzolkinex

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

### Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 14, 2031

### Tritos

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

### Lunar Saros 136

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 28, 2004
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 18, 2040

### Inex

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 29, 1993
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 19, 2051

### Triad

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 8, 1936
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 9, 2109

### 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 | Descending node | Descending node | Descending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending 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 |

### Metonic series

The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will be in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.
| 1984 May 15.19 - penumbral (111) 2003 May 16.15 - total (121) 2022 May 16.17 - total (131) 2041 May 16.03 - penumbral (141) | 1984 Nov 08.75 - penumbral (116) 2003 Nov 09.05 - total (126) 2022 Nov 08.46 - total (136) 2041 Nov 08.19 - partial (146) 2060 Nov 08.17 - penumbral (156) |

### Saros 136

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 136, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on April 13, 1680. It contains partial eclipses from July 11, 1824 through September 14, 1932; total eclipses from September 26, 1950 through July 7, 2419; and a second set of partial eclipses from July 18, 2437 through October 3, 2563. The series ends at member 72 as a penumbral eclipse on June 1, 2960.
The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 35 at 101 minutes, 23 seconds on April 21, 2293. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.
| Greatest | First | First | First | First |
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2293 Apr 21, lasting 101 minutes, 23 seconds. | Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2293 Apr 21, lasting 101 minutes, 23 seconds. | 1680 Apr 13 | 1824 Jul 11 | 1950 Sep 26 | 2022 Nov 08 |
| Last ||||
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2293 Apr 21, lasting 101 minutes, 23 seconds. | Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral |
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2293 Apr 21, lasting 101 minutes, 23 seconds. | 2365 Jun 04 | 2419 Jul 07 | 2563 Oct 03 | 2960 Jun 01 |
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 8–29 occur between 1801 and 2200: :
| 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| 1806 Jun 30 | 1806 Jun 30 | 1824 Jul 11 | 1824 Jul 11 | 1842 Jul 22 | 1842 Jul 22 |
| 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| 1860 Aug 01 | 1860 Aug 01 | 1878 Aug 13 | 1878 Aug 13 | 1896 Aug 23 | 1896 Aug 23 |
| 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| 1914 Sep 04 | 1914 Sep 04 | 1932 Sep 14 | 1932 Sep 14 | 1950 Sep 26 | 1950 Sep 26 |
| 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 |
| 1968 Oct 06 | 1968 Oct 06 | 1986 Oct 17 | 1986 Oct 17 | 2004 Oct 28 | 2004 Oct 28 |
| 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 |
| 2022 Nov 08 | 2022 Nov 08 | 2040 Nov 18 | 2040 Nov 18 | 2058 Nov 30 | 2058 Nov 30 |
| 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 |
| 2076 Dec 10 | 2076 Dec 10 | 2094 Dec 21 | 2094 Dec 21 | 2113 Jan 02 | 2113 Jan 02 |
| 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 |
| 2131 Jan 13 | 2131 Jan 13 | 2149 Jan 23 | 2149 Jan 23 | 2167 Feb 04 | 2167 Feb 04 |
| 29 ||
| 2185 Feb 14 ||

### 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 :
| 1804 Jul 22 (Saros 116) | 1804 Jul 22 (Saros 116) | 1815 Jun 21 (Saros 117) | 1815 Jun 21 (Saros 117) | 1826 May 21 (Saros 118) | 1826 May 21 (Saros 118) | 1837 Apr 20 (Saros 119) | 1837 Apr 20 (Saros 119) | 1848 Mar 19 (Saros 120) | 1848 Mar 19 (Saros 120) |
| 1859 Feb 17 (Saros 121) | 1859 Feb 17 (Saros 121) | 1870 Jan 17 (Saros 122) | 1870 Jan 17 (Saros 122) | 1880 Dec 16 (Saros 123) | 1880 Dec 16 (Saros 123) | 1891 Nov 16 (Saros 124) | 1891 Nov 16 (Saros 124) | 1902 Oct 17 (Saros 125) | 1902 Oct 17 (Saros 125) |
| 1913 Sep 15 (Saros 126) | 1913 Sep 15 (Saros 126) | 1924 Aug 14 (Saros 127) | 1924 Aug 14 (Saros 127) | 1935 Jul 16 (Saros 128) | 1935 Jul 16 (Saros 128) | 1946 Jun 14 (Saros 129) | 1946 Jun 14 (Saros 129) | 1957 May 13 (Saros 130) | 1957 May 13 (Saros 130) |
| 1968 Apr 13 (Saros 131) | 1968 Apr 13 (Saros 131) | 1979 Mar 13 (Saros 132) | 1979 Mar 13 (Saros 132) | 1990 Feb 09 (Saros 133) | 1990 Feb 09 (Saros 133) | 2001 Jan 09 (Saros 134) | 2001 Jan 09 (Saros 134) | 2011 Dec 10 (Saros 135) | 2011 Dec 10 (Saros 135) |
| 2022 Nov 08 (Saros 136) | 2022 Nov 08 (Saros 136) | 2033 Oct 08 (Saros 137) | 2033 Oct 08 (Saros 137) | 2044 Sep 07 (Saros 138) | 2044 Sep 07 (Saros 138) | 2055 Aug 07 (Saros 139) | 2055 Aug 07 (Saros 139) | 2066 Jul 07 (Saros 140) | 2066 Jul 07 (Saros 140) |
| 2077 Jun 06 (Saros 141) | 2077 Jun 06 (Saros 141) | 2088 May 05 (Saros 142) | 2088 May 05 (Saros 142) | 2099 Apr 05 (Saros 143) | 2099 Apr 05 (Saros 143) | 2110 Mar 06 (Saros 144) | 2110 Mar 06 (Saros 144) | 2121 Feb 02 (Saros 145) | 2121 Feb 02 (Saros 145) |
| 2132 Jan 02 (Saros 146) | 2132 Jan 02 (Saros 146) | 2142 Dec 03 (Saros 147) | 2142 Dec 03 (Saros 147) | 2153 Nov 01 (Saros 148) | 2153 Nov 01 (Saros 148) | 2164 Sep 30 (Saros 149) | 2164 Sep 30 (Saros 149) | 2175 Aug 31 (Saros 150) | 2175 Aug 31 (Saros 150) |
| 2186 Jul 31 (Saros 151) | 2186 Jul 31 (Saros 151) | 2197 Jun 29 (Saros 152) | 2197 Jun 29 (Saros 152) |

### 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 was related to two hybrid solar eclipses of Solar Saros 143.
| November 3, 2013 | November 14, 2031 |