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Total Lunar Eclipse 10 December 2011 | |
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Singapore, 14:40 UTC | |
The Moon passes right to left through the Earth's shadow | |
Series (and member) | 135 (23 of 71) |
Gamma | -0.3882 |
Magnitude | 1.1061 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Totality | 0:51:08 |
Partial | 3:32:15 |
Penumbral | 5:56:21 |
Contacts (UTC) | |
P1 | 11:33:36 |
U1 | 12:45:43 |
U2 | 14:06:16 |
Greatest | 14:31:49 |
U3 | 14:57:24 |
U4 | 16:17:58 |
P4 | 17:29:57 |
The Moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Taurus |
A total lunar eclipse took place on 10 December 2011. It was the second of two total lunar eclipses in 2011, the first having occurred on June 15. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon is positioned just right in its orbit to pass through Earth's shadow.