February 2009 lunar eclipse
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Penumbral Lunar Eclipse February 9, 2009 [1] |
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280px Taken just before maximum (14:30 UT) from Chennai, India |
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280px The moon passes right to left through the Earth's southern penumbral shadow. |
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Series (and member) | 143 (18) |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Penumbral | 04:02:50 |
Contacts | |
P1 | 12:36:50 UTC |
Greatest | 14:38:17 UTC |
P4 | 16:39:39 UTC |
280px The moon moves right to left (west to east) through the constellation Leo |
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on February 9, 2009, the first of four lunar eclipses in 2009, and being the deepest of three penumbral eclipses.[2]
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Visibility
The eclipse was not visible in the East coast of the United States, South America and southernmost Mexico, Western Africa and western Europe. Best visibility was expected over most of Asia, the Western US, Mexico and throughout the Pacific region.[3]
320px This simulated view shows the Earth and Sun as viewed from the center of the moon near contact points P1 and P4. The eclipse will be visible from earth from the locations of the world as seen on the Earth above. |
Map
Relation to other eclipses
Lunar eclipse series sets from 2006–2009 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros # and photo |
Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros # and photo |
Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
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113 80px |
2006 Mar 14 80px |
penumbral 80px |
118 80px |
2006 Sep 7 80px |
partial 80px |
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123 |
2007 Mar 03 80px |
total 80px |
128 |
2007 Aug 28 |
total |
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133 |
2008 Feb 21 80px |
total 80px |
138 |
2008 Aug 16 80px |
partial 80px |
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143 80px |
2009 Feb 9 80px |
penumbral 80px |
148 80px |
2009 Aug 06 80px |
penumbral 80px |
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Last set | 2005 Apr 24 | Last set | 2005 Oct 17 | |||
Next set | 2009 Dec 31 | Next set | 2009 Jul 07 |
Photo gallery
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See also
- List of lunar eclipses
- List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
- File:2009-02-09 Lunar Eclipse Sketch.gif Chart
Notes
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lunar eclipse of 2009 February 9. |
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