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February 9, 2009 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Bucharest, Romania

Feb 9, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Near max in Bucharest
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Bucharest
Began: Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Maximum: Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 5:40 pm -0.373 Magnitude
Ended: Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Duration: 1 hour

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

February 9, 2009 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Bucharest

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
2:38 pm Mon, Feb 9Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction Northeast 36°
-24.9°
4:38 pm Mon, Feb 9Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 60°
-10.0°
5:37 pm Mon, Feb 9RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East-northeast 71°
-0.2°
5:40 pm Mon, Feb 9
Maximum in Bucharest This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Bucharest. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Bucharest because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to East-northeast for the best view of the eclipse.
Map direction East-northeast 71°
0.2°
6:37 pm Mon, Feb 9
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East.
Map direction East 81°
9.1°

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.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Bucharest

Eclipse Visibility From BucharestVisibility Worldwide
Jan 21, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9–10, 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 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 31, 2003 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 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
Feb 9, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral 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 Bucharest, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.

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