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February 9, 2009 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Tokyo, Japan

Feb 9, 2009 at 11:38 pm
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Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Tokyo
Began: Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Maximum: Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:38 pm -0.089 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:37 am
Duration: 3 hours, 59 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

February 9–10, 2009 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Tokyo

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
9:38 pm Mon, Feb 9
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East-southeast 118°
53.0°
11:38 pm Mon, Feb 9
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction South 170°
67.2°
1:37 am Tue, Feb 10
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Southwest 231°
57.6°

How to use altitude & direction to find in the sky

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 penumbral lunar eclipse, the Earth's main shadow did not cover the Moon. As the Earth's shadow (umbra) misses the Moon during a penumbral lunar eclipse, there were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared partially or totally eclipsed during this event. A penumbral lunar eclipse can be a bit hard to see as the shadowed part is only a little bit fainter than the rest of the Moon.

Cloud Coverage (Feb 9–10)

In the past, this day was cloudy 70% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

  1. When Is the Next Lunar Eclipse?
  2. Total Lunar Eclipse
  3. Why Does the Moon Turn Red?
  4. Partial Lunar Eclipse
  5. Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
  6. Can I See a Lunar Eclipse?
  7. Blood Moon - Total Lunar Eclipse
  8. Eclipse Seasons
  9. What Is a Tetrad?
  10. Magnitude of Eclipses
  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Tokyo

Eclipse Visibility From TokyoVisibility Worldwide
Jul 16–17, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 10, 2001 Total 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 11, 2002 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
May 5, 2004 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Oct 14, 2004 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Apr 24, 2005 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17, 2005 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 8, 2006 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 9, 2006 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Mar 4, 2007 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 17, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 9–10, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 7, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 2009 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 1, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

Next annular eclipse visible in Tokyo

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