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July 5, 2001 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Jul 6, 2001 at 12:55 am
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Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Melbourne, Victoria
Began: Thu, Jul 5, 2001 at 10:12 pm
Maximum: Fri, Jul 6, 2001 at 12:55 am 0.494 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Jul 6, 2001 at 3:37 am
Duration: 5 hours, 25 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

July 5–6, 2001 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Melbourne

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Melbourne. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (AEST) for Melbourne.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
10:12 pm Thu, Jul 5
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East-northeast 71°
59.0°
11:35 pm Thu, Jul 5
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Northeast 37°
72.2°
12:55 am Fri, Jul 6
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction North-northwest 333°
73.9°
2:14 am Fri, Jul 6
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-northwest 294°
62.5°
3:37 am Fri, Jul 6
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West 276°
47.0°

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The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

During this partial lunar eclipse, the Earth's shadow covered only parts of the Moon, as seen from Melbourne. There were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared completely covered during this event.

Cloud Coverage (Jul 5–6)

In the past, this day was cloudy 67% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

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  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Melbourne

Eclipse Visibility From MelbourneVisibility Worldwide
Jul 16–17, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 10, 2001 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 5–6, 2001 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30, 2001 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 26, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 25, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 4, 2002 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Nov 24, 2003 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
May 5, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Apr 24, 2005 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17–18, 2005 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 8, 2006 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 9, 2006 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Aug 28, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 7, 2008 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Aug 17, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 26, 2009 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 9–10, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 7, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 1, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Melbourne, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.

Other eclipses visible in Melbourne

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