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January 10, 2020 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada (Colchester County)

Jan 10, 2020 at 4:48 pm
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Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Truro, Nova Scotia
Began: Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 4:43 pm
Maximum: Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 4:48 pm -0.728 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 5:12 pm
Duration: 28 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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January 10, 2020 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Truro

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
1:07 pm Fri, Jan 10Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction North-northeast 12°
-21.5°
3:10 pm Fri, Jan 10Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction Northeast 39°
-12.5°
4:44 pm Fri, Jan 10RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East-northeast 56°
-0.2°
4:48 pm Fri, Jan 10
Maximum in Truro This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Truro. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Truro because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to East-northeast for the best view of the eclipse.
Map direction East-northeast 57°
0.3°
5:12 pm Fri, Jan 10
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast.
Map direction East-northeast 61°
3.5°

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

During this penumbral lunar eclipse, the Earth's main shadow did not cover the Moon. As the Earth's shadow (umbra) misses the Moon during a penumbral lunar eclipse, there were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared partially or totally eclipsed during this event. A penumbral lunar eclipse can be a bit hard to see as the shadowed part is only a little bit fainter than the rest of the Moon.


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