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August 5, 2009 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Columbus, OH, USA

Aug 5, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Max View in Columbus, Ohio
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Columbus, Ohio
Began: Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Maximum: Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:39 pm -0.666 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Duration: 1 hour, 44 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

August 5, 2009 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Columbus

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

Time Phase Event Direction Altitude
7:04 pm Wed, Aug 5 Not directly visible Penumbral Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction East 97°
-16.4°
8:30 pm Wed, Aug 5 Rising Moonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends. Map direction East-southeast 110°
-0.2°
8:39 pm Wed, Aug 5
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.
Map direction East-southeast 111°
1.1°
10:14 pm Wed, Aug 5
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends. Map direction Southeast 128°
16.3°

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 Columbus

Eclipse Visibility From Columbus Visibility Worldwide
Jan 20–21, 2000 Total Lunar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse
Dec 25, 2000 Partial Solar Eclipse Partial Solar Eclipse
Jan 9, 2001 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse
Dec 14, 2001 Partial Solar Eclipse Annular Solar Eclipse
Dec 30, 2001 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 26, 2002 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 10, 2002 Partial Solar Eclipse Annular Solar Eclipse
Nov 19, 2002 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury Transit Mercury Transit
May 15–16, 2003 Total Lunar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse
Nov 8, 2003 Total Lunar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus Transit Venus Transit
Oct 27–28, 2004 Total Lunar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse
Apr 8, 2005 Partial Solar Eclipse Total Solar Eclipse
Apr 24, 2005 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17, 2005 Partial Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 14, 2006 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 8, 2006 Mercury Transit Mercury Transit
Mar 3, 2007 Total Lunar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2007 Total Lunar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 2008 Total Lunar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse
Jul 7, 2009 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 5, 2009 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

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