December 2001 lunar eclipse (original) (raw)
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Penumbral lunar eclipse 30 December 2001
| Penumbral Lunar Eclipse30 December 2001 | |
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| Series (and member) | 144 (15 of 71) |
| Gamma | 1.0731 |
| Magnitude | -0.11 |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Penumbral | 4:03:32 |
| Contacts (UTC) | |
| P1 | 8:27:35 |
| Greatest | 10:29:18 |
| P4 | 12:31:07 |
 The moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Gemini. |
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Sunday 30 December 2001, the last of three lunar eclipses in 2001. At maximum eclipse, 89.477% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth, which caused a slight shadow gradient across its disc; this subtle effect may have been visible to careful observers. No part of the Moon was in complete shadow. The eclipse lasted 4 hours, 4 minutes and 17.7 seconds overall. This lunar eclipse followed the Annular Solar Eclipse on 14 December 2001.
- A total lunar eclipse on 9 January.
- A total solar eclipse on 21 June.
- A partial lunar eclipse on 5 July.
- An annular solar eclipse on 14 December.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on 30 December.
| Lunar eclipse series sets from 1998–2002 | |||||||
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| Descending node | Ascending node | ||||||
| Saros | DateViewing | TypeChart | Gamma | Saros | DateViewing | TypeChart | 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 |
Lunar Saros series 144, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 20 total lunar eclipses.
First Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 1749 Jul 29
First Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2146 Mar 28
First Total Lunar Eclipse: 2308 Jul 04
First Central Lunar Eclipse: 2362 Aug 06
Greatest Eclipse of the Lunar Saros 144: 2416 Sep 07
Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 2488 Oct 20
Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 2651 Jan 28
Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2867 Jun 08
Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 3011 Sep 04
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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 151.
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- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
- Saros cycle 144
- 2001 Dec 30 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC