July 2009 lunar eclipse

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse July 6–8, 2009 [1]
Greatest Eclipse at 9:33 UTC

Series (and member)	110 (71)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Penumbral	2:11:39
Contacts
P1	08:32:48 UTC
Greatest	9:38:38 UTC
P4	10:44:27 UTC
280px This lunar eclipse grazes the southern edge of the Earth's penumbral shadow occurs at the ascending node of the moon's orbit, in the constellation of Sagittarius

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on July 7, 2009, the second of four lunar eclipses in 2009. This eclipse entered only the southernmost tip of the penumbral shadow and thus was predicted to be very difficult to observe visually.^[1]

Visibility

It was predicted to be seen rising over Australia after dusk on July 7, and setting over western North and South America in the early predawn hours of July 7.

Map

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Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year (354 days)

This eclipse is the one of five lunar eclipses in a short-lived series. 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.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2009–2013
Ascending node			Descending node
Saros # Photo	Date Viewing	Type chart	Saros # Photo	Date Viewing	Type chart
110	2009 July 07	penumbral	115	2009 Dec 31	partial
120	2010 June 26	partial	125	2010 Dec 21	total
130	2011 June 15	total	135	2011 Dec 10	total
140	2012 June 04	partial	145	2012 Nov 28	penumbral
150	2013 May 25	penumbral

Last set	2009 Aug 06		Last set	2009 Feb 9

Next set	2013 Apr 25		Next set	2013 Oct 18

Saros series

This eclipse is a member of Saros series 110. The previous event occurred on June 27, 1991. The next event is on July 18, 2027 which will end the series.