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May 16, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Mawson, Antarctica (Mawson Base, Holme Bay)

May 16, 2022 at 9:11 am
Max View in Mawson
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Mawson
Began: Mon, May 16, 2022 at 6:32 am
Maximum: Mon, May 16, 2022 at 9:11 am 1.413 Magnitude
Ended: Mon, May 16, 2022 at 10:44 am
Duration: 4 hours, 12 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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May 16, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Mawson

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Mawson. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (MAWT) for Mawson.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
6:32 am Mon, May 16
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West 264°
17.0°
7:27 am Mon, May 16
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction West-southwest 251°
12.2°
8:29 am Mon, May 16
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-southwest.
Map direction West-southwest 238°
7.3°
9:11 am Mon, May 16
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Southwest.
Map direction Southwest 229°
4.4°
9:53 am Mon, May 16
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Southwest.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.
Map direction Southwest 220°
1.9°
10:44 am Mon, May 16SettingMoonset SettingMap direction South-southwest 208°
-0.2°
10:55 am Mon, May 16Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction South-southwest 206°
-0.6°
11:50 am Mon, May 16Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction South-southwest 194°
-1.9°

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

This total lunar eclipse was fully visible in Mawson. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Mawson

Eclipse Visibility From MawsonVisibility Worldwide
Sep 18, 2024 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 7–8, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 17, 2026 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Mawson, or the path map image for global details.

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