July 2001 lunar eclipse

A partial lunar eclipse took place on 5 July 2001, the second of three lunar eclipses in 2001.

July 2001 lunar eclipse
Partial eclipse
Date5 July 2001
Gamma-0.7287
Magnitude0.4947
Saros cycle139 (21 of 81)
Partiality158 minutes, 56 seconds
Penumbral325 minutes, 6 seconds

This lunar eclipse occurred 25 days after the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Final.

Visibility

Timing

Eclipses of 2001

Lunar year series

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

Saros cycle

Lunar Saros series 139, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 79 lunar eclipse events including 27 total lunar eclipses.

First Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 1658 Dec 09

First Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1947 Jun 03

First Total Lunar Eclipse: 2073 Aug 17

First Central Lunar Eclipse: 2109 Sep 09

Greatest Eclipse of Lunar Saros 139: 2199 Nov 02

Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 2488 Apr 26

Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 2542 May 30

Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2686 Aug 25

Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 3065 Apr 13

See also

References
  1. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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