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October 28, 2023 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Salem, Tamil Nadu, India

Oct 29, 2023 at 1:44 am
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Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Salem, Tamil Nadu
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 — Salem

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
11:31 pm Sat, Oct 28
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East-northeast 70°
83.9°
1:05 am Sun, Oct 29
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction West 279°
73.2°
1:44 am Sun, Oct 29
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West 278°
64.0°
2:22 am Sun, Oct 29
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West 278°
54.8°
3:56 am Sun, Oct 29
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West 279°
32.7°

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 Salem. 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 Salem

Eclipse Visibility From SalemVisibility Worldwide
Sep 7–8, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 2, 2027 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jul 6–7, 2028 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

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