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.

Occurring only about 20 hours before perigee (on January 1, 2010, at 15:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

The eclipse was completely visible over Europe, Asia, and much of Africa, seen rising over eastern North America and setting over Australia and the Pacific Ocean.

[3] Progression from Degania A, Israel Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse.

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 115, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events.

All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.