January 2001 lunar eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse January 9, 2001
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Gamma	+0.3720
Series (and member)	134 (26 of 73)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality	1:01:02
Partial	3:16:19
Penumbral	5:11:02
Contacts
P1	17:45:04 UTC
U1	18:42:27 UTC
U2	19:50:05 UTC
Greatest	20:21:35 UTC
U3	20:51:07 UTC
U4	21:58:45 UTC
P4	22:56:06 UTC
The Moon passed straight through the center of the Earth's shadow at the descending node in Gemini

A total lunar eclipse took place on January 9–10, 2001, the first of three lunar eclipses in 2001. 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

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

• List of lunar eclipses
• List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

External links

• Saros cycle 134
• 2001 Jan 09 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
• Jan. 9, 2001 Lunar Eclipse Gallery
• NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Total lunar eclipse (18 January 2001)
• NASA 2001 Jan 09: Total Lunar Eclipse
• Total Lunar Eclipses seen from Cape Town Total lunar eclipse, January 9, 2001.