February 2009 lunar eclipse
| Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 9 February 2009 | |
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 From Chennai, India at 14:29 UTC | |
 The Moon passes right to left through the Earth's southern penumbral shadow. | |
| Series (and member) | 143 (18 of 73) |
| Gamma | -1.0640 |
| Magnitude | 0.8994 |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Penumbral | 3:58:49 |
| Contacts (UTC) | |
| P1 | 12:38:50 |
| Greatest | 14:38:16 |
| P4 | 16:37:39 |
 The Moon moves right to left (west to east) through the constellation Leo | |
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on 9 February 2009, the first of four lunar eclipses in 2009, and being the deepest of three penumbral eclipses.[1] It also happened on the Lantern Festival, the first since 20 February 1989. The tables below contain detailed predictions and additional information on the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 9 February 2009.
Eclipse season
[edit]This is the second eclipse this season.
First eclipse this season: 26 January 2009 Annular Solar Eclipse
Visibility
[edit]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.[2]
 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
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Photo
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Pune, India, 13:18 UTC -
Subang Jaya, Malaysia, 14:37 UTC -
Hong Kong, 14:46 UTC
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Relation to other eclipses
[edit]Eclipses of 2009
[edit]- An annular solar eclipse on 26 January.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on 9 February.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on 7 July.
- A total solar eclipse on 22 July.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on 6 August.
- A partial lunar eclipse on 31 December.
| Lunar eclipse series sets from 2006–2009 | ||||||||
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| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||||
| Saros # and photo | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma | Saros # and photo | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma | |
113.jpg) | 2006 Mar 14 | penumbral | 1.0211 | 118 | 2006 Sep 7 | partial | −0.9262 | |
123 | 2007 Mar 03 | total | 0.3175 | 128 | 2007 Aug 28 | total | −0.2146 | |
133 | 2008 Feb 21 | total | −0.3992 | 138 | 2008 Aug 16 | partial | 0.5646 | |
| 143 | 2009 Feb 09 | penumbral | −1.0640 | 148 | 2009 Aug 06 | penumbral | 1.3572 | |
| Last set | 2005 Apr 24 | Last set | 2005 Oct 17 | |||||
| Next set | 2009 Dec 31 | Next set | 2009 Jul 07 | |||||
Half-Saros cycle
[edit]A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[3] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 150.
| 5 February 2000 | 15 February 2018 |
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See also
[edit]- List of lunar eclipses
- List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
- File:2009-02-09 Lunar Eclipse Sketch.gif Chart
Notes
[edit]- ^ "NASA - Eclipses During 2009". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 2009 Feb 09
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
[edit]- Penumbral Eclipse of the Moon: 2009 February 09
- 2009 Feb 09 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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