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May 15, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Paamiut, Greenland

May 16, 2022 at 2:11 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Paamiut
Began: Sun, May 15, 2022 at 11:32 pm
Maximum: Mon, May 16, 2022 at 2:11 am 1.413 Magnitude
Ended: Mon, May 16, 2022 at 4:27 am
Duration: 4 hours, 56 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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May 15–16, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Paamiut

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
11:32 pm Sun, May 15
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to South-southeast.
Map direction South-southeast 157°
6.1°
12:27 am Mon, May 16
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to South.
Map direction South 169°
7.7°
1:29 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 South.
Map direction South 183°
7.9°
2:11 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 South-southwest.
Map direction South-southwest 193°
7.0°
2:53 am Mon, May 16
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to South-southwest.
Map direction South-southwest 203°
5.4°
3:55 am Mon, May 16
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Southwest.
Map direction Southwest 216°
1.9°
4:27 am Mon, May 16SettingMoonset SettingMap direction Southwest 223°
-0.2°
4:50 am Mon, May 16Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction Southwest 228°
-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 Paamiut. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.


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