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January 1, 2029 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Forbes, New South Wales, Australia

Jan 1, 2029 at 3:52 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Forbes, New South Wales
Begins: Mon, Jan 1, 2029 at 1:03 am
Maximum: Mon, Jan 1, 2029 at 3:52 am 1.246 Magnitude
Ends: Mon, Jan 1, 2029 at 6:10 am
Duration: 5 hours, 7 minutes

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January 1, 2029 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Forbes

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
1:03 am Mon, Jan 1
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction North
32.2°
2:07 am Mon, Jan 1
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction North-northwest 343°
30.5°
3:16 am Mon, Jan 1
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction North-northwest 327°
24.9°
3:52 am Mon, Jan 1
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Northwest 320°
20.8°
4:27 am Mon, Jan 1
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction Northwest 313°
15.9°
5:36 am Mon, Jan 1
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.
Map direction West-northwest 302°
5.2°
6:10 am Mon, Jan 1SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West-northwest 298°
-0.2°
6:40 am Mon, Jan 1Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 294°
-6.1°

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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