| Total Lunar Eclipse 9 January 2001 | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Totality as viewed from Oria, Italy. | |
 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series (and member) | 134 (26 of 73) |
| Gamma | 0.3720 |
| Magnitude | 1.1889 |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Totality | 1:01:02 |
| Partial | 3:16:19 |
| Penumbral | 5:11:02 |
| Contacts (UTC) | |
| P1 | 17:45:04 |
| U1 | 18:42:27 |
| U2 | 19:50:05 |
| Greatest | 20:20:35 |
| U3 | 20:51:07 |
| U4 | 21:58:45 |
| P4 | 22:56:06 |
 The Moon passed straight through the center of the Earth's shadow at the descending node in Gemini. | |
A total lunar eclipse took place on Tuesday 9 January 2001, the first of three lunar eclipses in 2001. A shallow total eclipse saw the Moon in relative darkness for 1 hour 1 minute and 2 seconds. The Moon was 18.89% of its diameter into the Earth's umbral shadow, and totality was observed in all of Europe, Africa, and Asia. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours 16 minutes and 19 seconds and was visible in parts of north-eastern North America and Australia. It is the only total eclipse of 2001. It was visible over Asia and Western Australia with the Middle East getting mid eclipse at midnight.