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Oct 16, 1940 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

What this lunar eclipse looks like

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The animation shows approximately what the eclipse looks like from the night side of earth.

BETA: This is a temporary animation, it would look different in real life. We hope to fix that issue soon.

Click the 'play' button to view the animation. The pause button can also be used to temporarily suspend the animation.

The animation shows where this penumbral solar eclipse is visible during the night (dark “wave” slowly moving across the Earth's surface).

The night (dark) areas in the animation are approximately those that can see the moon, and therefore also the eclipse.

Intense red shading: Observers within this area can see the eclipse from beginning to end.

Red shading right/east of intense shading: Observers within this area can see the eclipse until moonset/sunrise.

Red shading left/west of intense shading: Observers within this area can see the eclipse after moonrise/sunset.

No coloring: Eclipse is not visible at all

Note: Actual eclipse visibility depends on weather conditions and line of sight to the Moon.

Note that since it is a penumbral eclipse, it can be hard to see, as the moon will only be a bit fainter.

Lunar eclipses look approximately the same all over the world and happen at the same time.

The times displayed might be a minute or two off actual times.

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Event	UTC Time	Time in Washington DC*	Visible in Washington DC
Penumbral Eclipse begins	Oct 16 at 5:59 AM	Oct 16 at 12:59 AM	Yes
Maximum Eclipse	Oct 16 at 8:01 AM	Oct 16 at 3:01 AM	Yes
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Oct 16 at 10:03 AM	Oct 16 at 5:03 AM	Yes

* The Moon is over the horizon during this eclipse, so with good weather conditions in Washington DC, the entire eclipse is visible.