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Eclipses in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

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Jul 16, 2019 at 10:30 pm
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Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse


Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse, in Birmingham

Began: Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 9:18 pm

Maximum: Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 10:30 pm 0.65 Magnitude

Ended: Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 1:17 am

Duration: 3 hours, 59 minutes

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July 16–17, 2019 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Birmingham

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
7:43 pm Tue, Jul 16Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 110°
-13.0°
9:01 pm Tue, Jul 16Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction Southeast 124°
-1.9°
9:18 pm Tue, Jul 16RisingMoonrise 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 Southeast 127°
-0.2°
10:30 pm Tue, Jul 16
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Southeast.		Map direction Southeast 142°
6.8°
11:59 pm Tue, Jul 16
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southeast 161°
13.0°
1:17 am Wed, Jul 17
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South 179°
14.9°

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

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Cloud Coverage (Jul 16–17)

In the past, this day was cloudy 76% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Birmingham

Eclipse Visibility From BirminghamVisibility Worldwide
Jul 16–17, 2019 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse Much of Europe, Much of Asia, Australia, Africa, South/East North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit South/West Europe, South/West Asia, Africa, Much of North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
Jan 10, 2020 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, Much of North America, East in South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic
Jun 5, 2020 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse Much of Europe, Much of Asia, Australia, Africa, South/East South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
Jul 5, 2020 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse South/West Europe, Much of Africa, Much of North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica

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