August 2009 lunar eclipse

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse August 6, 2009[1]
This subtle penumbral eclipse covered a fraction of the southern edge of the moon as shown in this animation by John Walker, viewed from Lignières, Switzerland.
Series (and member)	148 (3rd)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Penumbral	3:16:19
Contacts (UTC)
P1	23:01:04 (Aug 5)
Greatest	0:39:11
P4	2:17:23
The moon's hourly motion west to east through the constellation of Capricornus and the northern edge of the Earth's penumbral shadow

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on August 6, 2009, the third of four lunar eclipses in 2009. The moon's small entry into the Earth's penumbral shadow will produce an extremely subtle dimming of the moon's southern edge, difficult to observe visually.

Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over Africa and Europe and South America. It was seen rising over eastern North America and setting over Asia.

Related eclipses

Lunar year cycles (354 days)

The lunar year series repeats after 12 lunations or 354 days (Shifting back about 10 days in sequential years). Because of the date shift, the Earth's shadow will be about 11 degrees west in sequential events.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2006–2009
Descending node				Ascending node
Saros # and photo	Date Viewing	Type Chart		Saros # and photo	Date Viewing	Type Chart
113	2006 Mar 14	penumbral		118	2006 Sep 7	partial
123	2007 Mar 03	total		128	2007 Aug 28	total
133	2008 Feb 21	total		138	2008 Aug 16	partial
143	2009 Feb 9	penumbral		148	2009 Aug 06	penumbral
Last set	2005 Apr 24			Last set	2005 Oct 17
Next set	2009 Dec 31			Next set	2009 Jul 07

See also

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
• File:2009-08-06 Lunar Eclipse Sketch.gif Chart

Notes

1. 2009 Aug 06 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC

External links

• John Walker (2009-08-07). "Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Imaged". Retrieved 2009-08-23. The eclipse was captured with two digital photographs and combined into one gif file.