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November 19, 2021 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

Nov 19, 2021 at 5:02 pm
Max View in Beijing, Beijing Municipality
Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Beijing, Beijing Municipality
Began: Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 4:53 pm
Maximum: Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 5:02 pm 0.974 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 8:03 pm
Duration: 3 hours, 11 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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November 19, 2021 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Beijing

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
2:02 pm Fri, Nov 19Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction North-northeast 33°
-25.1°
3:18 pm Fri, Nov 19Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction Northeast 48°
-15.6°
4:53 pm Fri, Nov 19RisingMoonrise 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-northeast 64°
-0.2°
5:02 pm Fri, Nov 19
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.
Map direction East-northeast 66°
1.2°
6:47 pm Fri, Nov 19
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East 81°
19.7°
8:03 pm Fri, Nov 19
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East 92°
34.1°

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 partial lunar eclipse, the Earth's shadow covered only parts of the Moon, as seen from Beijing. There were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared completely covered during this event. The Earth's shadow covered a large portion of the Moon, so this was still a nice sight.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Beijing

Eclipse Visibility From BeijingVisibility Worldwide
Sep 7–8, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 6–7, 2028 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2028–Jan 1, 2029 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Beijing, or the path map image for global details.

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