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December 31, 2009 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Dec 31, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Max View in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia
Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia
Began: Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Maximum: Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 8:22 pm 0.076 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Duration: 4 hours, 11 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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December 31, 2009 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Bochum

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
6:17 pm Thu, Dec 31
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East-northeast 72°
15.9°
7:52 pm Thu, Dec 31
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East 89°
29.9°
8:22 pm Thu, Dec 31
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East 94°
34.3°
8:52 pm Thu, Dec 31
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East 101°
38.8°
10:28 pm Thu, Dec 31
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Southeast 124°
51.9°

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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 Bochum. There were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared completely covered during this event. The Earth's shadow covered only a small portion of the Moon.

Cloud Coverage (Dec 31)

In the past, this day was cloudy 79% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Bochum

Eclipse Visibility From BochumVisibility Worldwide
Jan 21, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 24–25, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 20, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
May 16, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 31, 2003 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 8–9, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 4–5, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Oct 28, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 3, 2005 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Mar 14–15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 29, 2006 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 7, 2006 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3–4, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2008 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 1, 2008 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 6, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2009 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

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