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November 8, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Irkutsk, Russia

Nov 8, 2022 at 6:59 pm
Max View in Irkutsk, Irkutsk
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Irkutsk, Irkutsk
Began: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 5:13 pm
Maximum: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 6:59 pm 1.359 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 9:56 pm
Duration: 4 hours, 43 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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November 8, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Irkutsk

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:02 pm Tue, Nov 8Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction Northeast 48°
-9.7°
5:09 pm Tue, Nov 8Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 61°
-0.7°
5:13 pm Tue, Nov 8RisingMoonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends.Map direction East-northeast 62°
-0.2°
6:16 pm 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 East-northeast.
Map direction East-northeast 74°
8.1°
6:59 pm Tue, Nov 8
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East 81°
14.4°
7:41 pm Tue, Nov 8
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East 89°
20.8°
8:49 pm Tue, Nov 8
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-southeast 103°
30.9°
9:56 pm Tue, Nov 8
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-southeast 118°
40.4°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Irkutsk

Eclipse Visibility From IrkutskVisibility Worldwide
Sep 7–8, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 6–7, 2028 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2028–Jan 1, 2029 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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

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