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May 5, 2023 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Bucharest, Romania

May 5, 2023 at 8:26 pm
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Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Bucharest
Began: Fri, May 5, 2023 at 8:22 pm
Maximum: Fri, May 5, 2023 at 8:26 pm -0.047 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, May 5, 2023 at 10:31 pm
Duration: 2 hours, 9 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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May 5, 2023 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Bucharest

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
6:14 pm Fri, May 5Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 93°
-21.8°
8:22 pm Fri, May 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 114°
-0.2°
8:22 pm Fri, May 5
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
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 East-southeast for the best view of the eclipse.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.
Map direction East-southeast 114°
-0.1°
8:26 pm Fri, May 5
Maximum in Bucharest This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Bucharest. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Bucharest 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 East-southeast for the best view of the eclipse.
Map direction East-southeast 115°
0.3°
10:31 pm Fri, May 5
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Southeast 139°
16.7°

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 Bucharest

Eclipse Visibility From BucharestVisibility 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 28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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