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A partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Thursday, December 31, 2009, [1] with an umbral magnitude of 0.0779. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A partial lunar eclipse occurs when one part of the Moon is in the Earth's umbra, while the other ...
Full moon: 4 December, 14:00: Moon at perigee: 14 December: Geminids peak 16 December, 12:03: ... This page was last edited on 30 November 2009, at 09:09 (UTC).
A calendrical "blue moon" during the December 2009 lunar eclipse. Blue moon as a calendrical term originated with the 1937 Maine Farmers’ Almanac, a provincial U.S. magazine that is not to be confused with the Farmers' Almanac, Old Farmer's Almanac, or other American almanacs.
A full moon sinking behind San Gorgonio Mountain, California, on a midsummer morning. Moonrise and moonset are times when the upper limb of the Moon appears above the horizon and disappears below it, respectively. The exact times depend on the lunar phase and declination, as well as the observer's location.
December’s full moon, dubbed the cold moon, will reach the crest of its full phase early Sunday. Here’s the best way to view the last full moon of 2024.
Due to tidal locking, the same hemisphere of the Moon always faces the Earth and thus the length of a lunar day (sunrise to sunrise on the Moon) equals the time that the Moon takes to complete one orbit around Earth, returning to the same lunar phase. While the Moon is orbiting Earth, Earth is progressing in its orbit around the Sun.
December's long moon, also called the cold moon, will be the longest full moon of 2023. The shortest day of the year According to timeanddate.com , the Winter Solstice occurs on Dec. 21 and there ...
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