| Partial Lunar Eclipse 5 July 2001 | |
|---|---|
 This chart shows the right-to-left hourly motion of the moon through the earth's shadow. | |
| Series (and member) | 139 (21 of 81) |
| Gamma | -0.7287 |
| Magnitude | 0.499 |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Partial | 2:42:52 |
| Penumbral | 5:22:07 |
| Contacts (UTC) | |
| P1 | 12:12:46 |
| U1 | 13:35:38 |
| Greatest | 14:55:19 |
| U4 | 16:14:54 |
| P4 | 17:37:52 |
 The moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Sagittarius. | |
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Thursday 5 July 2001, the second of three lunar eclipses in 2001.
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Eclipses of 2001
- A total lunar eclipse on January 9.
- A total solar eclipse on June 21.
- A partial lunar eclipse on July 5.
- An annular solar eclipse on December 14.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on December 30.
Lunar year series
| Lunar eclipse series sets from 1998–2002 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||||
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
| 109 | 1998 Aug 08 |
penumbral |
1.4876 | 114 | 1999 Jan 31 |
penumbral |
−1.0190 | |
| 119 | 1999 Jul 28 |
partial |
0.7863 | 124.jpg.webp) |
2000 Jan 21 |
total |
−0.2957 | |
| 129 | 2000 Jul 16 |
total |
0.0302 | 134_(cropped).jpg.webp) |
2001 Jan 09 |
total |
0.3720 | |
| 139 | 2001 Jul 05 |
partial |
−0.7287 | 144 | 2001 Dec 30 |
penumbral |
1.0732 | |
| 149 | 2002 Jun 24 |
penumbral |
−1.4440 | |||||
| Last set | 1998 Sep 06 | Last set | 1998 Mar 13 | |||||
| Next set | 2002 May 26 | Next set | 2002 Nov 20 | |||||
Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 146.
| June 30, 1992 | July 11, 2010 |
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Saros cycle
Lunar Saros series 139, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 79 lunar eclipse events including 42 umbral lunar eclipses (15 partial lunar eclipses and 27 total lunar eclipses)..
| Greatest | First | |||
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The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2199 Nov 02, lasting 102 minutes.[2] |
Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
| 1658 Dec 09 | 1947 Jun 03 | 2073 Aug 17 | 2109 Sep 09 | |
| Last | ||||
| Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral | |
| 2488 Apr 26 | 2542 May 30 | 2686 Aug 25 | 3065 Apr 13 | |
| 1911 May 13 | 1929 May 23 | 1947 Jun 03 | |||
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| 1965 Jun 14 | 1983 Jun 25 | 2001 Jul 05 | |||
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| 2019 Jul 16 | 2037 Jul 27 | 2055 Aug 07 | |||
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| 2073 Aug 17 | 2091 Aug 29 | ||||
See also
References
- ↑ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
- ↑ Listing of Eclipses of cycle 139
External links
- Saros cycle 139
- 2001 Jul 05 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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