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July 2001 lunar eclipse

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Partial Lunar Eclipse
5 July 2001

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

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Eclipses of 2001

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Lunar year series

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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

Half-Saros cycle

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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

Saros cycle

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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

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
1901–2100
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

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References

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  1. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
  2. ^ Listing of Eclipses of cycle 139
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