August 2009 lunar eclipse

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Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
August 6, 2009[1]
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Series (and member) 148 (3rd)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Penumbral 3:16:19
Contacts
P1 23:01:04 UTC (Aug 5)
Greatest 0:39:11 UTC
P4 2:17:23 UTC
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The moon's hourly motion west to east through the constellation of Capricornus and the northern edge of the Earth's penumbral shadow

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on August 6, 2009, the third of four lunar eclipses in 2009. The moon's small entry into the Earth's penumbral shadow will produce an extremely subtle dimming of the moon's southern edge, difficult to observe visually.

Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over Africa and Europe and South America. It was seen rising over eastern North America and setting over Asia.

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Related eclipses

Lunar year cycles (354 days)

The lunar year series repeats after 12 lunations or 354 days (Shifting back about 10 days in sequential years). Because of the date shift, the Earth's shadow will be about 11 degrees west in sequential events.


See also

Notes

  1. 2009 Aug 06 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC

External links

  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The eclipse was captured with two digital photographs and combined into one gif file.


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