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November 8, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — The Settlement, Christmas Island (Flying Fish Cove)

Nov 8, 2022 at 5:59 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in The Settlement
Began: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 5:53 pm
Maximum: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 5:59 pm 1.359 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 8:56 pm
Duration: 3 hours, 3 minutes
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November 8, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — The Settlement

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
3:02 pm Tue, Nov 8Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 77°
-40.1°
4:09 pm Tue, Nov 8Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 76°
-24.7°
5:16 pm Tue, Nov 8Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 74°
-9.2°
5:53 pm Tue, Nov 8RisingMoonrise 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.Map direction East-northeast 72°
-0.2°
5:59 pm Tue, Nov 8
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.
Map direction East-northeast 72°
0.9°
6:41 pm Tue, Nov 8
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 70°
10.1°
7:49 pm Tue, Nov 8
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 65°
24.9°
8:56 pm Tue, Nov 8
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-northeast 56°
38.9°

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 The Settlement. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in The Settlement

Eclipse Visibility From The SettlementVisibility Worldwide
Jan 11, 2020 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, Much of North America, East in South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic
Jun 6, 2020 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, South/East South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
Nov 30, 2020 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse Much of Europe, Much of Asia, Australia, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic
May 26, 2021 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse Much of Asia, Australia, Much of North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
Nov 19, 2021 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse Europe, Much of Asia, Australia, North/West Africa, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic
Nov 8, 2022 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse North/East Europe, Asia, Australia, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica
Apr 20, 2023 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse South/East Asia, Australia, Pacific, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
May 5–6, 2023 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
Oct 29, 2023 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, North America, Much of South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica
Sep 7–8, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, West in North America, East in South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica
Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse East in Europe, Asia, Australia, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica
Feb 21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse Europe, Asia, North/West Australia, Africa, Much of North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica
Aug 2, 2027 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse Europe, South/West Asia, Africa, East in North America, Atlantic, Indian Ocean
Jul 6–7, 2028 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, South/East South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
Jul 22, 2028 Total Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse South in Asia, Australia, Pacific, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
Dec 31, 2028–Jan 1, 2029 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, North/West North America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic
Dec 21, 2029 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse Europe, Asia, North/West Australia, Africa, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic

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