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Jan 31, 2018 Total 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 left/west of intense shading: Observers within this area can see the eclipse until moonset/sunrise.

Red shading right/east 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

Locations near the shadow's path:

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 Palo Alto*	Visible in Palo Alto
Penumbral Eclipse begins	Jan 31 at 10:52 AM	Jan 31 at 2:52 AM	Yes
Partial Eclipse begins	Jan 31 at 11:51 AM	Jan 31 at 3:51 AM	Yes
Full Eclipse begins	Jan 31 at 12:53 PM	Jan 31 at 4:53 AM	Yes
Maximum Eclipse	Jan 31 at 1:30 PM	Jan 31 at 5:30 AM	Yes
Full Eclipse ends	Jan 31 at 2:07 PM	Jan 31 at 6:07 AM	Yes
Partial Eclipse ends	Jan 31 at 3:09 PM	Jan 31 at 7:09 AM	Yes
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Jan 31 at 4:07 PM	Jan 31 at 8:07 AM	No, under horizon

* The Moon is under the horizon in Palo Alto some of the time, so that part of the eclipse is not visible.