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Total lunar eclipse

Tuesday, January 9, 2001 at 08:20 PM UTC
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Peak (UTC)
Tuesday, Jan 9
Type
Total lunar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Totality duration
62 min
Partial duration
197 min
Local circumstances
Phase times in your local time, plus where to look in the sky from Palo Alto, California.
PhaseUTCLocal timeMoon altitudeDirection
P1 — Penumbral begins17:44:4309:44:43below horizon
U1 — Partial begins18:42:0510:42:05below horizon
T1 — Totality begins19:49:3411:49:34below horizon
MAX — Greatest eclipse20:20:3312:20:33below horizon
T2 — Totality ends20:51:3212:51:32below horizon
U2 — Partial ends21:59:0113:59:01below horizon
P2 — Penumbral ends22:56:2314:56:23below horizon
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
1 Saros earlier
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December 30, 1982
1 Saros later
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January 20, 2019