June 2002 lunar eclipse

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 24 June 2002
The moon grazed the southern penumbral shadow of the Earth.
Series (and member)	149 (2 of 72)
Gamma	-1.4439
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Penumbral	2:09:05
Contacts (UTC)
P1	20:22:28
Greatest	21:27:09
P4	22:31:33
The moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Scorpius.

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Monday 24 June 2002, the second of three lunar eclipses in 2002. This penumbral eclipse was visibly imperceptible due to the small entry into the southern penumbral shadow.

This lunar eclipse was during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, occurring only 6 days before the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final, which was won by Brazil.

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

Eclipse season

This is the third eclipse this season.

First eclipse this season: 26 May 2002 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

Second eclipse this season: 10 June 2002 Annular Solar Eclipse

Eclipses of 2002

A penumbral lunar eclipse on 26 May.
An annular solar eclipse on 10 June.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on 24 June.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on 20 November.
A total solar eclipse on 4 December.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1998–2002
Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
109	1998 Aug 08	penumbral	1.4876	114	1999 Jan 31	penumbral	−1.0190
119	1999 Jul 28	partial	0.7863	124	2000 Jan 21	total	−0.2957
129	2000 Jul 16	total	0.0302	134	2001 Jan 09	total	0.3720
139	2001 Jul 05	partial	−0.7287	144	2001 Dec 30	penumbral	1.0732
149	2002 Jun 24	penumbral	−1.4440

Last set	1998 Sep 06			Last set	1998 Mar 13

Next set	2002 May 26			Next set	2002 Nov 20

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[1] This lunar eclipse is related to one partial solar eclipse of Solar Saros 156.