Total Eclipse of the Moon, 2000 July 16; the beginning of the umbral phase visible in the western United States, Hawaii, the southern half of Alaska, the west coast of Canada, most of Mexico, extreme southern South America, Australia, New Zealand, the east coast of Asia, Antarctica, the Pacific Ocean, and the southeastern Indian Ocean; the end visible in Asia except the extreme western portion and the north coast, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, the extreme western Aleutian Islands, the east coast of Africa, Antarctica, the Indian Ocean, and the western Pacific Ocean.

                            d   h   m
Moon enters penumbra  July 16  10 46.6
Moon enters umbra          16  11 57.2
Moon enters totality       16  13 02.0
Middle of eclipse          16  13 55.5  UT
Moon leaves totality       16  14 49.0
Moon leaves umbra          16  15 53.8
Moon leaves penumbra       16  17 04.5

Magnitude of the eclipse: 1.772

                    Total Eclipse of the Moon

                          PORTO ALEGRE
                            o  '    o  '
                         W051 00, S30 00

                   Zone:  3h West of Greenwich

                                                      Moon's
                                                Azimuth   Altitude
                                     h  m            o        o
Moonrise               2001 Jan 09  19:33          63.9     ----
Moon leaves penumbra   2001 Jan 09  19:57.6        60.8      3.9
Moonset                2001 Jan 10  06:10         295.4     ----

                    Total Eclipse of the Moon

                          NORTE BRASIL
                            o  '    o  '
                         W048 00, S05 00

                   Zone:  3h West of Greenwich

                                                      Moon's
                                                Azimuth   Altitude
                                     h  m            o        o
Moonrise               2001 Jan 09  18:31          67.6     ----
Moon leaves umbra      2001 Jan 09  18:59.1        66.9      5.4
Moon leaves penumbra   2001 Jan 09  19:57.6        64.4     18.1
Moonset                2001 Jan 10  06:45         291.8     ----

                    Total Eclipse of the Moon

                          LESTE BRASIL
                            o  '    o  '
                         W060 00, S10 00

                   Zone:  4h West of Greenwich

                                                      Moon's
                                                Azimuth   Altitude
                                     h  m            o        o
Moonrise               2001 Jan 09  18:30          67.3     ----
Moon leaves penumbra   2001 Jan 09  18:57.6        66.0      5.2
Moonset                2001 Jan 10  06:27         292.0     ----

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