The total lunar eclipse of January 9 2001 was visible over all of Europe, Africa, and Asia; and as a partial lunar eclipse in parts of north-eastern North America and Australia.
The penumbral eclipse -- the least exciting, and hardest to see part -- began at 17:43:34 UT and ended at 22:57:38 UT.
The partial eclipse began at 18:42:07 UT and ended over 3 hours later at 21:59:07 UT. The total eclipse lasted for just over one hour; it began at 19:49:36 UT and ended at 20:51:38 UT, with the moment of greatest eclipse at 20:20:37 UT.
More information on this eclipse may be found at Fred Espenak's site.
The following map shows the areas where the partial eclipse was visible:
Visibility of the partial eclipse.
This map shows the position of the Moon (the cross in the centre) at the time of maximum eclipse. The darkened area sees the whole partial eclipse; the pink areas to the right see only the beginning; and the blue areas on the left see the end. The moment of maximum eclipse was visible from the darker pink and blue areas, and the whole of the darkened area.
The following map shows the areas where the total eclipse was visible:
Visibility of the total eclipse.
This map shows the position of the Moon (the cross in the centre) at the time of maximum eclipse. The darkened area sees the whole total eclipse; the pink areas to the right see only the beginning; and the blue areas on the left see the end.
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