| Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 30 December 2001 | |
|---|---|
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| Series (and member) | 144 (15 of 71) |
| Gamma | 1.0731 |
| Magnitude | -0.11 |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Penumbral | 4:03:32 |
| Contacts (UTC) | |
| P1 | 8:27:35 |
| Greatest | 10:29:18 |
| P4 | 12:31:07 |
 The moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Gemini. | |
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Sunday 30 December 2001, the last of three lunar eclipses in 2001. At maximum eclipse, 89.477% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth, which caused a slight shadow gradient across its disc; this subtle effect may have been visible to careful observers. No part of the Moon was in complete shadow. The eclipse lasted 4 hours, 4 minutes and 17.7 seconds overall. This lunar eclipse followed the Annular Solar Eclipse on 14 December 2001.