February 20, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education, North Carolina, USA

Feb 20, 2027 at 6:12 pm

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Global Event:	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type:	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education, North Carolina
Begins:	Sat, Feb 20, 2027 at 5:45 pm
Maximum:	Sat, Feb 20, 2027 at 6:12 pm -0.057 Magnitude
Ends:	Sat, Feb 20, 2027 at 8:13 pm
Duration:	2 hours, 28 minutes
All times shown on this page are local time.

February 20, 2027 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education

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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
4:12 pm Sat, Feb 20	Not directly visible	Penumbral Eclipse begins Below horizon	63°	-17.5°
5:45 pm Sat, Feb 20	Rising	Moonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends.	77°	-0.2°
6:12 pm Sat, Feb 20		Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East.	81°	4.5°
8:13 pm Sat, Feb 20		Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.	99°	27.5°

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 63% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

Eclipse Visibility From Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education		Visibility Worldwide
	Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Aug 12, 2026 Partial Solar Eclipse	Total Solar Eclipse
	Aug 27–28, 2026 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Feb 20, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Aug 17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
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