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July 7, 2009 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Detroit, MI, USA

Jul 7, 2009 at 5:38 am
Max View in Detroit, Michigan
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Detroit, Michigan
Began: Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 4:37 am
Maximum: Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 5:38 am -0.914 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 6:03 am
Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

July 7, 2009 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Detroit

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:37 am Tue, Jul 7
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction Southwest 221°
10.8°
5:38 am Tue, Jul 7
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Southwest.		Map direction Southwest 232°
3.1°
6:03 am Tue, Jul 7SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West-southwest 236°
-0.2°
6:39 am Tue, Jul 7Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-southwest 242°
-6.3°

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 (Jul 7)

In the past, this day was cloudy 57% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

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  2. Total Lunar Eclipse
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  4. Partial Lunar Eclipse
  5. Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
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  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 Detroit

Eclipse Visibility From DetroitVisibility Worldwide
Jan 20–21, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 25, 2000 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jan 9, 2001 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 14, 2001 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Dec 30, 2001 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 10, 2002 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 19, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
May 15–16, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 8, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Oct 27–28, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 24, 2005 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17, 2005 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 14, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 8, 2006 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Mar 3, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 2008 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 7, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 5, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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