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January 10, 2020 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Jan 10, 2020 at 4:24 pm
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Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Began: Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 4:20 pm
Maximum: Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 4:24 pm -0.257 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 5:42 pm
Duration: 1 hour, 22 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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January 10, 2020 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — St. John's

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in St. John's. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (NST) for St. John's.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
1:37 pm Fri, Jan 10Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction North-northeast 22°
-17.2°
3:40 pm Fri, Jan 10Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction Northeast 47°
-5.9°
4:20 pm Fri, Jan 10RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction Northeast 54°
-0.2°
4:24 pm Fri, Jan 10
Maximum in St. John's This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in St. John's. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in St. John's because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to Northeast for the best view of the eclipse.
Map direction Northeast 55°
0.2°
5:42 pm Fri, Jan 10
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-northeast 68°
10.9°

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 St. John's

Eclipse Visibility From St. John'sVisibility Worldwide
Mar 25, 2024 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 8, 2024 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 17–18, 2024 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 14, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 29, 2025 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in St. John's, or the path map image for global details.

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