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November 19, 2021 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands

Nov 19, 2021 at 5:02 am
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Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse, in Saint Thomas
Began: Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 2:02 am
Maximum: Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 5:02 am 0.974 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 6:34 am
Duration: 4 hours, 33 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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November 19, 2021 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Saint Thomas

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
2:02 am Fri, Nov 19
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West 275°
60.6°
3:18 am Fri, Nov 19
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction West 278°
43.0°
5:02 am Fri, Nov 19
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West-northwest 284°
19.4°
6:34 am Fri, Nov 19SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West-northwest 290°
-0.2°
6:47 am Fri, Nov 19Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 291°
-3.1°
8:03 am Fri, Nov 19Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 298°
-19.3°

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 Saint Thomas. There were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared completely covered during this event. The Earth's shadow covered a large portion of the Moon, so this was still a nice sight.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Saint Thomas

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Aug 27–28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

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