Partial Lunar Eclipse of December 31, 2009

The eclipse magnitude is 0.076.

Contacts	Date	Time (UTC)
First contact with penumbra	12 31	17:17.2
First contact with umbra	12 31	18:52.7
Mid of total eclipse	12 31	19:22.7
Last contact with umbra	12 31	19:52.7
Last contact with penumbra	12 31	21:28.2

Times marked as "UTC" are in Coordinated Universal Time.

Next figure shows the contacts with the penumbra and the umbra (if any) during the eclipse, and the time of maximum eclipse (the moon at the middle). Please read the explanation of lunar eclipses for more information.

Visibility

The graph shows the Earth hemisphere from which you can see each phase of the eclipse. Hover your mouse over the name of each contact to see the corresponding map. If your location is shown in the map, you will be able to see the given phase of the eclipse.

First contact with penumbra
First contact with umbra
Total eclipse starts
Mid of total eclipse
Total eclipse ends
Last contact with umbra
Last contact with penumbra

Contact points

Position angles of the contact points in the lunar limb:

Position Angles
First contact with penumbra	138.9°
First contact with umbra	173.6°
Last contact with umbra	206.5°
Last contact with penumbra	241.0°

Position angles are measured from North, counterclockwise.