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November 8, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Ilulissat, Greenland (Jakobshavn)

Nov 8, 2022 at 7:59 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Ilulissat
Began: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 5:02 am
Maximum: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 7:59 am 1.359 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 9:47 am
Duration: 4 hours, 46 minutes

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November 8, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Ilulissat

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:02 am Tue, Nov 8
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West 261°
19.6°
6:09 am Tue, Nov 8
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction West 277°
14.1°
7:16 am Tue, Nov 8
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.
Map direction West-northwest 292°
8.7°
7:59 am Tue, Nov 8
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.
Map direction West-northwest 301°
5.7°
8:41 am Tue, Nov 8
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Northwest.
Map direction Northwest 311°
3.0°
9:47 am Tue, Nov 8SettingMoonset SettingMap direction Northwest 326°
-0.2°
9:49 am Tue, Nov 8Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction North-northwest 326°
-0.3°
10:56 am Tue, Nov 8Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction North-northwest 341°
-2.5°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Ilulissat

Eclipse Visibility From IlulissatVisibility Worldwide
Sep 17–18, 2024 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 14, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 29, 2025 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 12, 2026 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse

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

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