January 2001 lunar eclipse

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

January 2001 lunar eclipse
Total eclipse
Date9 January 2001
Gamma0.3720
Magnitude1.1889
Saros cycle134 (26 of 73)
Totality61 minutes, 2 seconds
Partiality196 minutes, 19 seconds
Penumbral211 minutes, 2 seconds

Visibility

Eclipses of 2001

Lunar year series

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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