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November 8, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Boulder, CO, USA

Nov 8, 2022 at 3:59 am
Max View in Boulder, Colorado
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Boulder, Colorado
Began: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 1:02 am
Maximum: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 3:59 am 1.359 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 6:50 am
Duration: 5 hours, 48 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

November 8, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Boulder

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
1:02 am Tue, Nov 8
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction Southwest 223°
59.6°
2:09 am Tue, Nov 8
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction West-southwest 244°
49.6°
3:16 am Tue, Nov 8
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction West 259°
37.7°
3:59 am Tue, Nov 8
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West 266°
30.0°
4:41 am Tue, Nov 8
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction West 273°
22.1°
5:49 am Tue, Nov 8
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-northwest 283°
9.9°
6:50 am Tue, Nov 8SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West-northwest 292°
-0.2°
6:56 am Tue, Nov 8Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 293°
-1.0°

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

This total lunar eclipse was fully visible in Boulder. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.


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Sep 17, 2024 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
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Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
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Note: Click on the date link for details in Boulder, or the path map image for global details.

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