bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2 | Partial Lunar Eclipse 5 July 2001 | |
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align=center colspan=2 | This chart shows the right-to-left hourly motion of the moon through the earth's shadow. | |
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0 | 139 (21 of 81) | |
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0 | -0.7287 | |
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0 | 0.499 | |
align=center bgcolor=#c0b0e0 colspan=2 | Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | Partial | 2:42:52 |
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | Penumbral | 5:22:07 |
align=center bgcolor=#a0d0e0 colspan=2 | Contacts (UTC) | |
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P1 | 12:12:46 |
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U1 | 13:35:38 |
align=center bgcolor=#a0a0e0 | Greatest | 14:55:19 |
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U4 | 16:14:54 |
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P4 | 17:37:52 |
align=center colspan=2 | 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.
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.