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May 16, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

May 16, 2022 at 5:11 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Plymouth, England
Began: Mon, May 16, 2022 at 2:32 am
Maximum: Mon, May 16, 2022 at 5:11 am 1.413 Magnitude
Ended: Mon, May 16, 2022 at 5:31 am
Duration: 2 hours, 59 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

May 16, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Plymouth

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
2:32 am Mon, May 16
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southwest 201°
17.4°
3:27 am Mon, May 16
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southwest 213°
13.2°
4:29 am Mon, May 16
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Southwest.
Map direction Southwest 226°
7.0°
5:11 am Mon, May 16
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Southwest.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.
Map direction Southwest 234°
2.1°
5:31 am Mon, May 16SettingMoonset Setting, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase makes the Moon so dim before it sets, that it might disappear from view some time before it sets.Map direction West-southwest 238°
-0.2°
5:53 am Mon, May 16Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-southwest 242°
-3.8°
6:55 am Mon, May 16Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-southwest 253°
-12.7°
7:50 am Mon, May 16Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 262°
-21.2°

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


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

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