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October 28, 2023 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Rajkot, Gujarat, India

Oct 29, 2023 at 1:44 am
Max View in Rajkot, Gujarat
Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Rajkot, Gujarat
Began: Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 11:31 pm
Maximum: Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 1:44 am 0.122 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 3:56 am
Duration: 4 hours, 25 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

October 28–29, 2023 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Rajkot

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
11:31 pm Sat, Oct 28
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East-southeast 122°
74.5°
1:05 am Sun, Oct 29
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southwest 228°
77.5°
1:44 am Sun, Oct 29
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West-southwest 248°
70.0°
2:22 am Sun, Oct 29
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 258°
61.7°
3:56 am Sun, Oct 29
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West 270°
40.8°

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 partial lunar eclipse, the Earth's shadow covered only parts of the Moon, as seen from Rajkot. There were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared completely covered during this event. The Earth's shadow covered only a small portion of the Moon.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Rajkot

Eclipse Visibility From RajkotVisibility Worldwide
Sep 18, 2024 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 7–8, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2026 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 2, 2027 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse

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

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