December 2001 lunar eclipse
| Penumbral Lunar Eclipse December 30, 2001 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Series (and member) | 144 (15 of 71) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Penumbral | 4:03:32 |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | 8:27:35 UTC |
| Greatest | 10:29:18 |
| P4 | 12:31:07 |
 The moon's path across shadow in Gemini | |
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on December 30, 2001, the last of three lunar eclipses in 2001.
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
| Lunar eclipse series sets from 1998–2002 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 109 | 1998 Aug 08 |
Penumbral |
114 | 1999 Jan 31 |
Penumbral | |
| 119 | 1999 Jul 28 |
Partial |
124 | 2000 Jan 21 |
Total | |
| 129 | 2000 Jul 16 |
Total |
134 |
2001 Jan 09 |
Total | |
| 139 |
2001 Jul 05 |
Partial |
144 | 2001 Dec 30 |
Penumbral | |
| 149 | 2002 Jun 24 |
Penumbral | ||||
| Last set | 1998 Sep 06 | Last set | 1998 Mar 13 | |||
| Next set | 2002 May 26 | Next set | 2002 Nov 20 | |||
See also
External links
- Saros cycle 144
- 2001 Dec 30 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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