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October 28, 2023 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Bucharest, Romania

Oct 28, 2023 at 11:14 pm
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Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse, in Bucharest
Began: Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 9:01 pm
Maximum: Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 11:14 pm 0.122 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 1:26 am
Duration: 4 hours, 25 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

October 28–29, 2023 — Partial 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
9:01 pm Sat, Oct 28
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East-southeast 103°
31.4°
10:35 pm Sat, Oct 28
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southeast 124°
46.6°
11:14 pm Sat, Oct 28
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southeast 135°
51.9°
11:52 pm Sat, Oct 28
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southeast 149°
56.1°
1:26 am Sun, Oct 29
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South-southwest 191°
59.3°

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 Bucharest. There were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared completely covered during this event. The Earth's shadow covered only a small portion 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

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

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