January 2001 lunar eclipse


A total lunar eclipse took place on 9 January 2001, the first of three lunar eclipses in 2001. A shallow total eclipse saw the Moon in relative darkness for 1 hour and 1 minute. The Moon was 19% of its diameter into the Earth's umbral shadow, and should have been significantly darkened for viewers over all of Europe, Africa, and Asia. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 16 minutes in total and was visible in parts of north-eastern North America and Australia. It is the only total eclipse of the three. It was visible over Asia and Western Australia with the middle east getting mid eclipse at midnight.

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

Eclipses of 2001

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days. This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 141.
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