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June 5, 2020 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Sarnen, Obwalden, Switzerland

Jun 5, 2020 at 9:24 pm
Max View in Sarnen, Obwalden
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Sarnen, Obwalden
Began: Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 9:06 pm
Maximum: Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 9:24 pm -0.406 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 11:04 pm
Duration: 1 hour, 58 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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June 5, 2020 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Sarnen

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
7:45 pm Fri, Jun 5Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 108°
-12.5°
9:06 pm Fri, Jun 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 122°
-0.2°
9:24 pm Fri, Jun 5
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Southeast.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.
Map direction Southeast 125°
2.0°
11:04 pm Fri, Jun 5
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Southeast 145°
13.0°

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 Sarnen

Eclipse Visibility From SarnenVisibility Worldwide
Sep 18, 2024 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 14, 2025 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 29, 2025 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Sep 7, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 12, 2026 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse

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

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