August 17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Kap Christian, Greenland, Greenland

Aug 17, 2027 at 6:13 am

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Global Event:	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type:	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Kap Christian, Greenland
Begins:	Tue, Aug 17, 2027 at 4:24 am
Maximum:	Tue, Aug 17, 2027 at 6:13 am -0.526 Magnitude
Ends:	Tue, Aug 17, 2027 at 6:29 am
Duration:	2 hours, 5 minutes
All times shown on this page are local time.

August 17, 2027 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Kap Christian

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

Time	Phase	Event	Direction	Altitude
4:24 am Tue, Aug 17		Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.	217°	10.7°
6:13 am Tue, Aug 17		Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point. Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.	241°	1.3°
6:29 am Tue, Aug 17	Setting	Moonset Setting	244°	-0.2°
8:03 am Tue, Aug 17	Not directly visible	Penumbral Eclipse ends Below horizon	264°	-11.4°

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

In the past, this day was cloudy 67% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

Eclipse Visibility From Kap Christian		Visibility Worldwide
	Mar 3, 2026 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Aug 12, 2026 Partial Solar Eclipse	Total Solar Eclipse
	Aug 28, 2026 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Feb 20, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Aug 2, 2027 Partial Solar Eclipse	Total Solar Eclipse
Note: Click on the date link for details in Kap Christian, or the path map image for global details.