July 2001 lunar eclipse
Partial Lunar Eclipse 5 July 2001 | |
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This chart shows the right-to-left hourly motion of the moon through the earth's shadow. | |
Series (and member) | 139 (21 of 81) |
Gamma | -0.7287 |
Magnitude | 0.499 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Partial | 2:42:52 |
Penumbral | 5:22:07 |
Contacts (UTC) | |
P1 | 12:12:46 |
U1 | 13:35:38 |
Greatest | 14:55:19 |
U4 | 16:14:54 |
P4 | 17:37:52 |
The moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Sagittarius. |
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Thursday 5 July 2001, the second of three lunar eclipses in 2001. The Earth's shadow on the moon was clearly visible in this eclipse, with 49.614% of the Moon in shadow; the partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours, 40 minutes and 0.5 seconds. Occurring only 3.9 days before apogee (Apogee on 9 July 2001), the Moon’s apparent diameter was 5.021% smaller than average.
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Eclipses of 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 year series
Lunar eclipse series sets from 1998–2002 | ||||||||
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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 |
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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 146.
30 June 1992 | 11 July 2010 |
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Saros cycle
Lunar Saros series 139, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 79 lunar eclipse events including 42 umbral lunar eclipses (15 partial lunar eclipses and 27 total lunar eclipses)..
Greatest | First | |||
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The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2199 Nov 02, lasting 102 minutes.[2] | Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
1658 Dec 09 | 1947 Jun 03 | 2073 Aug 17 | 2109 Sep 09 | |
Last | ||||
Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral | |
2488 Apr 26 | 2542 May 30 | 2686 Aug 25 | 3065 Apr 13 |
1911 May 13 | 1929 May 23 | 1947 Jun 03 | |||
1965 Jun 14 | 1983 Jun 25 | 2001 Jul 05 | |||
2019 Jul 16 | 2037 Jul 27 | 2055 Aug 07 | |||
2073 Aug 17 | 2091 Aug 29 | ||||
See also
References
External links
- Saros cycle 139
- 2001 Jul 05 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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Penumbral eclipses
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