January 2001 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse took place on Tuesday 9 January 2001, the first of three lunar eclipses in 2001. A shallow total eclipse saw the Moon in relative darkness for 1 hour 1 minute and 2 seconds. The Moon was 18.89% of its diameter into the Earth's umbral shadow, and totality was observed in all of Europe, Africa, and Asia. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours 16 minutes and 19 seconds and was visible in parts of north-eastern North America and Australia. It is the only total eclipse of 2001. It was visible over Asia and Western Australia with the Middle East getting mid eclipse at midnight.

Total Lunar Eclipse
9 January 2001

Totality as viewed from Oria, Italy.

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series (and member)134 (26 of 73)
Gamma0.3720
Magnitude1.1889
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality1:01:02
Partial3:16:19
Penumbral5:11:02
Contacts (UTC)
P117:45:04
U118:42:27
U219:50:05
Greatest20:20:35
U320:51:07
U421:58:45
P422:56:06

The Moon passed straight through the center of the Earth's shadow at the descending node in Gemini.

Visibility

Eclipses of 2001

Lunar year series
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 two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 141.

January 4, 1992 January 15, 2010

See also

References
  1. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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