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May 26, 2021 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada

May 26, 2021 at 4:18 am
Max View in Quesnel, British Columbia
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Quesnel, British Columbia
Began: Wed, May 26, 2021 at 1:47 am
Maximum: Wed, May 26, 2021 at 4:18 am 1.009 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, May 26, 2021 at 5:06 am
Duration: 3 hours, 19 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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May 26, 2021 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Quesnel

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
1:47 am Wed, May 26
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southwest 191°
15.1°
2:45 am Wed, May 26
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction South-southwest 204°
12.4°
4:11 am Wed, May 26
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Southwest.
Map direction Southwest 222°
5.4°
4:18 am Wed, May 26
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 224°
4.6°
4:25 am Wed, May 26
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Southwest.
Map direction Southwest 225°
3.9°
5:06 am Wed, May 26SettingMoonset SettingMap direction Southwest 233°
-0.2°
5:52 am Wed, May 26Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-southwest 241°
-6.5°
6:49 am Wed, May 26Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-southwest 252°
-14.3°

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


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

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