Partial Lunar Eclipse 4 June 2012 | |
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From Brisbane, Australia, 11:06 UTC | |
The Moon passed partially into the northern umbral shadow of the Earth. | |
Series (and member) | 140 (25 of 80) |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Partial | 2:06:35 |
Penumbral | 4:30:02 |
Contacts (UTC) | |
P1 | 8:48:11 |
U1 | 9:59:53 |
Greatest | 11:03:12 |
U4 | 12:06:28 |
P4 | 13:18:13 |
The Moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Ophiuchus (north of Scorpius) |
A partial lunar eclipse took place on 4 June 2012. It was the first of two lunar eclipses occurring in 2012, the second eclipse occurring on 28 November. The Moon was about 37% covered by the Earth's northern umbral shadow at maximum eclipse.