Penumbral lunar eclipse

Actually this was the first lunar elipse that i saw...i was really fascinated so i wanted to share it with you...
The reflection of the earth on the moon was like looking at the earth from afar...

feb 9,2009

9:00pm

still full

look at the blue swirl

This was the climax

photo taken by A.Quizon

February 2009 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place last February 9, 2009, the first of four penumbral lunar eclipses in 2009. It will also be the deepest of the four. The eclipse will not be visible in the East coast of the United States, South America and southernmost Mexico, Western Africa and western Europe. Best visibility will be over most of Asia, the Western US, Mexico and throughout the Pacific region.This eclipse is the one of two short-lived parallel series:

Lunar year and Metonic cycles (354 days and 19 years)

The lunar year series repeats after 12 lunations or 354 days (Shifting back about 10 days in sequential years). Because of the date shift, the earth's shadow will be about 11 degrees west in sequential events.
The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the earth's shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

March 14, 2006 - partial (Saros 113)
March 3, 2007 - total (Saros 123)
February 21, 2008 - total (Saros 133)
February 9, 2009 - penumbral (Saros 143)