January 2001 lunar eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse January 9, 2001
240px 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
240px 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

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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 80px	Penumbral 80px	114	1999 Jan 31 80px	Penumbral 80px
119	1999 Jul 28 80px	Partial 80px	124	2000 Jan 21 80px	Total 80px
129	2000 Jul 16	Total	134	2001 Jan 09 80px	Total 80px
139	2001 Jul 05 80px	Partial 80px	144	2001 Dec 30 80px	Penumbral 80px
149	2002 Jun 24 80px	Penumbral 80px

Last set	1998 Sep 06		Last set	1998 Mar 13

Next set	2002 May 26		Next set	2002 Nov 20