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June 5, 2020 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Sofia, Bulgaria

Jun 5, 2020 at 10:24 pm
Max View in Sofia
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Sofia
Began: Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 8:47 pm
Maximum: Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 10:24 pm -0.406 Magnitude
Ended: Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 12:04 am
Duration: 3 hours, 16 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

June 5–6, 2020 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Sofia

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Sofia. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (EEST) for Sofia.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
8:45 pm Fri, Jun 5Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 119°
-0.4°
8:47 pm Fri, Jun 5RisingMoonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends.Map direction East-southeast 119°
-0.2°
10:24 pm Fri, Jun 5
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southeast 137°
12.6°
12:04 am Sat, Jun 6
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South-southeast 158°
21.8°

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

During this penumbral lunar eclipse, the Earth's main shadow did not cover the Moon. As the Earth's shadow (umbra) misses the Moon during a penumbral lunar eclipse, there were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared partially or totally eclipsed during this event. A penumbral lunar eclipse can be a bit hard to see as the shadowed part is only a little bit fainter than the rest of the Moon.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Sofia

Eclipse Visibility From SofiaVisibility Worldwide
Sep 18, 2024 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 14, 2025 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 7, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 12, 2026 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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