| Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 7 July 2009 | |
|---|---|
 The Moon grazed the southern penumbral shadow of the Earth. | |
| Series (and member) | 110 (71 of 72) |
| Gamma | -1.4915 |
| Magnitude | 0.1562 |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Penumbral | 2:01:29 |
| Contacts (UTC) | |
| P1 | 8:37:51 |
| Greatest | 9:38:36 |
| P4 | 10:39:20 |
 This lunar eclipse grazes the southern edge of the Earth's penumbral shadow occurs at the ascending node of the Moon's orbit, in the constellation of Sagittarius | |
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on 7 July 2009, the second of four lunar eclipses in 2009. This eclipse entered only the southernmost tip of the penumbral shadow and thus was predicted to be very difficult to observe visually.[1] This lunar eclipse was the predecessor of the solar eclipse of 22 July 2009.