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May 6, 2023 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Yakutsk, Russia

May 6, 2023 at 2:22 am
Max View in Yakutsk, Sakha (Yakutia)
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Yakutsk, Sakha (Yakutia)
Began: Sat, May 6, 2023 at 12:14 am
Maximum: Sat, May 6, 2023 at 2:22 am -0.046 Magnitude
Ended: Sat, May 6, 2023 at 3:51 am
Duration: 3 hours, 37 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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May 6, 2023 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Yakutsk

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
12:14 am Sat, May 6
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South 180°
10.3°
2:22 am Sat, May 6
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to South-southwest.
Map direction South-southwest 210°
6.0°
3:51 am Sat, May 6SettingMoonset SettingMap direction Southwest 229°
-0.2°
4:31 am Sat, May 6Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-southwest 238°
-4.6°

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 Yakutsk

Eclipse Visibility From YakutskVisibility Worldwide
Mar 14, 2025 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 8, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 12, 2028 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

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