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January 10, 2020 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Melbourne Bluff, Heard and McDonald Islands, Australia

Jan 11, 2020 at 12:10 am
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Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Melbourne Bluff, Heard and McDonald Islands
Began: Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 10:07 pm
Maximum: Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 12:10 am -0.116 Magnitude
Ended: Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 2:12 am
Duration: 4 hours, 5 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

January 10–11, 2020 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Melbourne Bluff

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
10:07 pm Fri, Jan 10
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to North-northeast.
Map direction North-northeast 28°
8.6°
12:10 am Sat, Jan 11
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction North
13.1°
2:12 am Sat, Jan 11
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to North-northwest.
Map direction North-northwest 333°
9.2°

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


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