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February 9, 2009 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Unalaska, AK, USA

Feb 9, 2009 at 5:38 am
Max View in Unalaska, Alaska
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Unalaska, Alaska
Began: Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 3:38 am
Maximum: Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 5:38 am -0.089 Magnitude
Ended: Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 7:37 am
Duration: 3 hours, 59 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

February 9, 2009 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Unalaska

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
3:38 am Mon, Feb 9
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southwest 210°
46.1°
5:38 am Mon, Feb 9
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West-southwest 243°
33.1°
7:37 am Mon, Feb 9
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West 268°
16.2°

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)

In the past, this day was cloudy 90% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

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  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 Unalaska

Eclipse Visibility From UnalaskaVisibility Worldwide
Jan 20, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 16, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 30, 2000 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jan 9, 2001 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 5, 2001 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 14, 2001 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Dec 29–30, 2001 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 26, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 10, 2002 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 19, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 6, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
May 30, 2003 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 8, 2003 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 7, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Oct 13, 2004 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Oct 27, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 23–24, 2005 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17, 2005 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 8, 2006 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Aug 27–28, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 9, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 7, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2009 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

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