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January 11, 2020 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Minamisōma, Japan

Jan 11, 2020 at 4:10 am
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Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Minamisōma
Began: Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 2:07 am
Maximum: Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 4:10 am -0.116 Magnitude
Ended: Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 6:12 am
Duration: 4 hours, 5 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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January 11, 2020 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Minamisōma

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
2:07 am Sat, Jan 11
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West-southwest 256°
54.5°
4:10 am Sat, Jan 11
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West 275°
31.1°
6:12 am Sat, Jan 11
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.
Map direction West-northwest 291°
8.5°

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 penumbral lunar eclipse, the Earth's main shadow did not cover the Moon. As the Earth's shadow (umbra) misses the Moon during a penumbral lunar eclipse, there were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared partially or totally eclipsed during this event. A penumbral lunar eclipse can be a bit hard to see as the shadowed part is only a little bit fainter than the rest of the Moon.


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Jul 7, 2028 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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