Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 9 February 2009 | |
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From Chennai, India at 14:29 UTC | |
The Moon passes right to left through the Earth's southern penumbral shadow. | |
Series (and member) | 143 (18 of 73) |
Gamma | -1.0640 |
Magnitude | 0.8994 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Penumbral | 3:58:49 |
Contacts (UTC) | |
P1 | 12:38:50 |
Greatest | 14:38:16 |
P4 | 16:37:39 |
The Moon moves right to left (west to east) through the constellation Leo |
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on 9 February 2009, the first of four lunar eclipses in 2009, and being the deepest of three penumbral eclipses.[1] It also happened on the Lantern Festival, the first since 20 February 1989. The tables below contain detailed predictions and additional information on the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 9 February 2009.