February 2009 lunar eclipse
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| Penumbral Lunar Eclipse February 9, 2009 |
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 Taken just before maximum (14:30 UT) from Chennai Chennai Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India... , India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... |
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 The moon passes right to left through the Earth's southern penumbral shadow. |
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| Series (and member) Saros cycle The saros is a period of 223 synodic months , that can be used to predict eclipses of the Sun and Moon. One saros after an eclipse, the Sun, Earth, and Moon return to approximately the same relative geometry, and a nearly identical eclipse will occur, in what is referred to as an eclipse cycle... |
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| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Penumbral | 04:02:50 |
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| P1 | 12:36:50 UTC |
| Greatest | 14:38:17 UTC |
| P4 | 16:39:39 UTC |
 The moon moves right to left (west to east) through the constellation Leo Leo (constellation) Leo is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for lion. Its symbol is . Leo lies between dim Cancer to the west and Virgo to the east.-Stars:... |
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A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on February 9, 2009, the first of four lunar eclipses in 2009, and being the deepest of three penumbral eclipses.
Visibility
The eclipse was not visible in the East coast of the United States, South America and southernmost Mexico, Western Africa and western Europe. Best visibility was expected over most of Asia, the Western US, Mexico and throughout the Pacific region. This simulated view shows the Earth and Sun as viewed from the center of the moon near contact points P1 and P4. The eclipse will be visible from earth from the locations of the world as seen on the Earth above. |
See also
- List of lunar eclipses
- List of 21st century lunar eclipses
- :File:2009-02-09 Lunar Eclipse Sketch.gif Chart