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November 8, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka (Kotte)

Nov 8, 2022 at 5:57 pm
Max View in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse, in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Began: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 5:48 pm
Maximum: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 5:57 pm 0.337 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 7:26 pm
Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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November 8, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
1:32 pm Tue, Nov 8Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction Northeast 47°
-55.9°
2:39 pm Tue, Nov 8Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 60°
-42.8°
3:46 pm Tue, Nov 8Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 67°
-28.3°
4:29 pm Tue, Nov 8Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 69°
-18.8°
5:11 pm Tue, Nov 8Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 71°
-9.2°
5:48 pm Tue, Nov 8RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East-northeast 72°
-0.2°
5:57 pm Tue, Nov 8
Maximum in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast.
Map direction East-northeast 72°
1.6°
6:19 pm Tue, Nov 8
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast.
Map direction East-northeast 73°
6.5°
7:26 pm Tue, Nov 8
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-northeast 73°
21.9°

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

The total phase of this lunar eclipse was not visible in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, but it could be observed there as a partial lunar eclipse.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Eclipse Visibility From Sri Jayawardenepura KotteVisibility Worldwide
Sep 7–8, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 2, 2027 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jul 6–7, 2028 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

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