Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
30 December 2001
Series (and member)144 (15 of 71)
Gamma1.0731
Magnitude-0.11
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Penumbral4:03:32
Contacts (UTC)
P18:27:35
Greatest10:29:18
P412:31:07

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.

Visibility

Eclipses of 2001

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1998–2002
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart		 Gamma Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart		 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

Saros cycle

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

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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 151.

24 December 1992 4 January 2011

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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