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October 28, 2023 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Pretoria, South Africa

Oct 28, 2023 at 10:14 pm
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Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse, in Pretoria
Began: Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 8:01 pm
Maximum: Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 10:14 pm 0.122 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 12:26 am
Duration: 4 hours, 25 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

October 28–29, 2023 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Pretoria

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
8:01 pm Sat, Oct 28
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East-northeast 60°
22.1°
9:35 pm Sat, Oct 28
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Northeast 42°
38.1°
10:14 pm Sat, Oct 28
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction North-northeast 32°
43.2°
10:52 pm Sat, Oct 28
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction North-northeast 21°
46.9°
12:26 am Sun, Oct 29
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction North-northwest 348°
48.2°

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 Pretoria. 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 Pretoria

Eclipse Visibility From PretoriaVisibility 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
Feb 17, 2026 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

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