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October 18–19, 2013 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

Was this Penumbral Lunar Eclipse visible in Washington DC?

What This Lunar Eclipse Looked Like

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Where the Eclipse Was Seen

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Regions seeing, at least, some parts of the eclipse: Europe, Asia, West in Australia, Africa, Much of North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica.

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Was this eclipse visible in Washington DC?

Eclipse Map and Animation

The animation shows where this penumbral lunar eclipse is visible during the night (dark “wave” slowly moving across the Earth's surface).

Shades of darkness

Night, moon high up in sky.

Moon between 12 and 18 degrees above horizon.

Moon between 6 and 12 degrees above horizon. Make sure you have free line of sight.

Moon between 0 and 6 degrees above horizon. May be hard to see due to brightness and line of sight.

Day, moon and eclipse both not visible.

Note: Twilight will affect the visibility of the eclipse, as well as weather.

Note that since it is a penumbral eclipse, it can be hard to see, as the Moon will only be a bit fainter.

Eclipse was visible.

Eclipse was not visible at all.

Note: Areas with lighter shadings left (West) of the center will experience the eclipse after moonrise/sunset. Areas with lighter shadings right (East) of the center will experience the eclipse until moonset/sunrise. Actual eclipse visibility depends on weather conditions and line of sight to the Moon.

When the Eclipse Happened Worldwide — Timeline

Lunar eclipses can be visible from everywhere on the night side of the Earth, if the sky is clear. From some places the entire eclipse will be visible, while in other areas the Moon will rise or set during the eclipse.

EventUTC TimeTime in Washington DC*Visible in Washington DC
Penumbral Eclipse beganOct 18 at 21:50:39Oct 18 at 5:50:39 pmNo, below the horizon
Maximum EclipseOct 18 at 23:50:11Oct 18 at 7:50:11 pmYes
Penumbral Eclipse endedOct 19 at 01:49:48Oct 18 at 9:49:48 pmYes

* The Moon was below the horizon in Washington DC some of the time, so that part of the eclipse was not visible.

Eclipse calculations usually accurate to a few seconds.

Quick Facts About This Eclipse

DataValueComments
Magnitude-0.272Fraction of the Moon’s diameter covered by Earth’s umbra
Obscuration0.0%Percentage of the Moon's area covered by Earth's umbra
Penumbral magnitude0.765Fraction of the Moon's diameter covered by Earth's penumbra
Overall duration3 hours, 59 minutesPeriod between the beginning and end of all eclipse phases

Countries Where the Eclipse Is Visible

CountryTypeStartEnd
Afghanistan
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
2:22 am AFT6:17 am AFT
Albania
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Algeria
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10:52 pm CET2:47 am CET
Andorra
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Angola
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10:52 pm WAT2:47 am WAT
Anguilla
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm AST9:47 pm AST
Antarctica
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am 3:47 am CEST
Antigua and Barbuda
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm AST9:47 pm AST
Argentina
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:52 pm ART10:47 pm ART
Armenia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
1:52 am AMT5:47 am AMT
Aruba
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:11 pm AST9:47 pm AST
Austria
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Azerbaijan
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
2:52 am AZST6:47 am AZST
Bahrain
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am AST4:47 am AST
Bangladesh
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
3:52 am BST6:12 am BST
Barbados
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm AST9:47 pm AST
Belarus
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am FET4:47 am FET
Belgium
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Belize
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:20 pm CST7:47 pm CST
Benin
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10:52 pm WAT2:47 am WAT
Bermuda
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:52 pm ADT10:47 pm ADT
Bhutan
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
3:52 am BTT6:11 am BTT
Bolivia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm BOT9:47 pm BOT
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Botswana
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CAT3:47 am CAT
Brazil
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:52 pm BRT9:47 pm AMT
British Indian Ocean Territory
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
3:52 am IOT6:54 am IOT
British Virgin Islands
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm AST9:47 pm AST
Brunei
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 am BNT6:06 am MYT
Bulgaria
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EEST4:47 am EEST
Burkina Faso
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
9:52 pm GMT1:47 am GMT
Burundi
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CAT3:47 am CAT
Cabo Verde
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
8:52 pm CVT12:47 am CVT
Cambodia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
4:52 am ICT6:02 am ICT
Cameroon
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10:52 pm WAT2:47 am WAT
Canada
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm EDT8:47 pm CDT
Caribbean Netherlands
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm AST3:47 am CEST
Cayman Islands
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:45 pm EST8:47 pm EST
Central African Republic
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10:52 pm WAT2:47 am WAT
Chad
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10:52 pm WAT2:47 am WAT
Chile
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
7:28 pm CLST10:47 pm CLST
China
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 am CST7:28 am KGT
Christmas Island
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
4:52 am CXT5:29 am CXT
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
4:22 am CCT5:34 am CCT
Colombia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:36 pm VET8:47 pm COT
Comoros
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EAT4:47 am EAT
Congo
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10:52 pm WAT2:47 am WAT
Congo Democratic Republic
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CAT3:47 am CAT
Costa Rica
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:06 pm CST7:47 pm CST
Cote d'Ivoire
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
9:52 pm GMT1:47 am GMT
Croatia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Cuba
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:22 pm CDT9:47 pm CDT
Curaçao
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:06 pm AST9:47 pm AST
Cyprus
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EEST4:47 am EEST
Czechia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Denmark
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Djibouti
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EAT4:47 am EAT
Dominica
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm AST9:47 pm AST
Dominican Republic
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:59 pm AST9:47 pm AST
Ecuador
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:43 pm ECT8:47 pm ECT
Egypt
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm EET3:47 am EET
El Salvador
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:23 pm CST7:47 pm CST
Equatorial Guinea
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10:52 pm WAT2:47 am WAT
Eritrea
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EAT4:47 am EAT
Estonia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EEST4:47 am EEST
Eswatini
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm SAST3:47 am SAST
Ethiopia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EAT4:47 am EAT
Falkland Islands
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
7:28 pm FKST10:47 pm FKST
Faroe Islands
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10:52 pm WEST2:47 am WEST
Finland
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EEST4:47 am EEST
France
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
French Guiana
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:52 pm GFT10:47 pm GFT
French Southern Territories
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
2:52 am TFT4:47 am
Gabon
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10:52 pm WAT2:47 am WAT
Gambia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
9:52 pm GMT1:47 am GMT
Georgia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
1:52 am GET5:47 am GET
Germany
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Ghana
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
9:52 pm GMT1:47 am GMT
Gibraltar
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Greece
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EEST4:47 am EEST
Greenland
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
7:52 pm WGST11:47 pm WGST
Grenada
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm AST9:47 pm AST
Guadeloupe
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm AST9:47 pm AST
Guatemala
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:24 pm CST7:47 pm CST
Guernsey
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10:52 pm BST2:47 am BST
Guinea
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
9:52 pm GMT1:47 am GMT
Guinea-Bissau
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
9:52 pm GMT1:47 am GMT
Guyana
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm GYT9:47 pm GYT
Haiti
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:12 pm EDT9:47 pm EDT
Honduras
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:03 pm CST7:47 pm CST
Hong Kong
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 am HKT6:22 am HKT
Hungary
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Iceland
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
9:52 pm GMT1:47 am GMT
India
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
3:22 am IST7:03 am IST
Indonesia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
4:52 am WIB6:26 am WIB
Iran
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
1:22 am IRST5:17 am IRST
Iraq
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am AST4:47 am AST
Ireland
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10:52 pm IST2:47 am IST
Isle of Man
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10:52 pm BST2:47 am BST
Israel
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am IDT4:47 am IDT
Italy
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Jamaica
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:32 pm EST8:47 pm EST
Jersey
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10:52 pm BST2:47 am BST
Jordan
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EEST4:47 am EEST
Kazakhstan
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
3:52 am ALMT6:47 am AQTT
Kenya
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EAT4:47 am EAT
Kosovo
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Kuwait
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am AST4:47 am AST
Kyrgyzstan
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
3:52 am KGT7:47 am KGT
Laos
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
4:52 am ICT6:17 am ICT
Latvia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EEST4:47 am EEST
Lebanon
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EEST4:47 am EEST
Lesotho
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm SAST3:47 am SAST
Liberia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
9:52 pm GMT1:47 am GMT
Libya
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm 3:47 am
Liechtenstein
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Lithuania
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EEST4:47 am EEST
Luxembourg
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Macau
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 am CST6:23 am CST
Madagascar
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EAT4:47 am EAT
Malawi
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CAT3:47 am CAT
Malaysia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
4:52 am WIB7:07 am MYT
Maldives
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
2:52 am MVT5:59 am MVT
Mali
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
9:52 pm GMT1:47 am GMT
Malta
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Martinique
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm AST9:47 pm AST
Mauritania
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
9:52 pm GMT1:47 am GMT
Mauritius
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
1:52 am MUT5:47 am MUT
Mayotte
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EAT4:47 am EAT
Mexico
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:13 pm CDT8:47 pm CDT
Moldova
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EEST4:47 am EEST
Monaco
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Mongolia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 am ULAT7:45 am HOVT
Montenegro
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Montserrat
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm AST9:47 pm AST
Morocco
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10:52 pm WEST2:47 am WEST
Mozambique
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CAT3:47 am CAT
Myanmar
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
4:22 am MMT5:51 am BST
Namibia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CAT3:47 am CAT
Nepal
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
3:37 am NPT6:34 am NPT
Netherlands
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Nicaragua
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:02 pm CST7:47 pm CST
Niger
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10:52 pm WAT2:47 am WAT
Nigeria
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10:52 pm WAT2:47 am WAT
North Korea
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:52 am KST6:58 am KST
North Macedonia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Norway
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Oman
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
1:52 am GST5:47 am GST
Pakistan
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
2:52 am PKT6:47 am PKT
Palestine
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm EET3:47 am EET
Panama
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:45 pm EST8:47 pm EST
Paraguay
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:52 pm PYST10:47 pm PYST
Peru
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:24 pm PET8:47 pm PET
Philippines
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 am 5:57 am
Poland
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Portugal
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10:52 pm WEST2:47 am WEST
Puerto Rico
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm AST9:47 pm AST
Qatar
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am AST4:47 am AST
Reunion
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
1:52 am RET5:47 am RET
Romania
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EEST4:47 am EEST
Russia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 am KRAT7:47 am YEKT
Rwanda
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CAT3:47 am CAT
Saint Helena
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
9:52 pm GMT1:47 am GMT
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm AST9:47 pm AST
Saint Lucia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm AST9:47 pm AST
Saint Martin
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm AST9:47 pm AST
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
7:52 pm PMDT11:47 pm PMDT
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm AST9:47 pm AST
San Marino
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Sao Tome and Principe
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
9:52 pm GMT1:47 am GMT
Saudi Arabia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am AST4:47 am AST
Senegal
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
9:52 pm GMT1:47 am GMT
Serbia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Seychelles
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
1:52 am SCT5:47 am SCT
Sierra Leone
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
9:52 pm GMT1:47 am GMT
Singapore
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 am SGT6:47 am SGT
Sint Maarten
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm AST9:47 pm AST
Slovakia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Slovenia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Somalia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EAT4:47 am EAT
South Africa
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm SAST3:47 am SAST
South Georgia/Sandwich Is.
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
7:52 pm GST11:47 pm GST
South Korea
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:52 am KST6:54 am KST
South Sudan
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EAT4:47 am EAT
Spain
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Sri Lanka
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
3:22 am IST6:03 am IST
St. Barts
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm AST9:47 pm AST
Sudan
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EAT4:47 am EAT
Suriname
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:52 pm SRT10:47 pm SRT
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
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Sweden
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Switzerland
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Syria
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EEST4:47 am EEST
Taiwan
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 am CST6:05 am CST
Tajikistan
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
2:52 am TJT6:47 am TJT
Tanzania
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EAT4:47 am EAT
Thailand
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
4:52 am ICT6:27 am ICT
The Bahamas
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:14 pm EDT9:47 pm EDT
Togo
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
9:52 pm GMT1:47 am GMT
Trinidad and Tobago
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm AST9:47 pm AST
Tunisia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10:52 pm CET2:47 am CET
Turkey
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EEST4:47 am EEST
Turkmenistan
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
2:52 am TMT6:47 am TMT
Turks and Caicos Islands
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:08 pm EDT9:47 pm EDT
US Minor Outlying Islands
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:27 pm 8:47 pm
US Virgin Islands
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm AST9:47 pm AST
Uganda
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EAT4:47 am EAT
Ukraine
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EEST4:47 am EEST
United Arab Emirates
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
1:52 am GST5:47 am GST
United Kingdom
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10:52 pm BST2:47 am BST
United States
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm EDT7:47 pm MDT
Uruguay
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
7:52 pm UYST11:47 pm UYST
Uzbekistan
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
2:52 am UZT6:47 am UZT
Vatican City (Holy See)
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CEST3:47 am CEST
Venezuela
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:22 pm VET9:17 pm VET
Vietnam
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
4:52 am ICT7:11 am CST
Western Sahara
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10:52 pm WEST2:47 am WEST
Yemen
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am AST4:47 am AST
Zambia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CAT3:47 am CAT
Zimbabwe
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11:52 pm CAT3:47 am CAT
Åland Islands
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12:52 am EEST4:47 am EEST

All times shown in this table are local time. (Note: more than one time zone is listed.)

How Many People Can See This Eclipse?

Number of People Seeing...Number of People*Fraction of World Population
At least some of the penumbral phase6,500,000,00089.71%
The entire eclipse from beginning to end2,350,000,00032.54%

* The number of people refers to the resident population (as a round number) in areas where the eclipse is visible. timeanddate has calculated these numbers using raw population data provided by the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University. The raw data is based on population estimates from the year 2000 to 2020.

An Eclipse Never Comes Alone!

A solar eclipse always occurs about two weeks before or after a lunar eclipse.

Usually, there are two eclipses in a row, but other times, there are three during the same eclipse season.

All eclipses 1900 — 2199

This is the first eclipse this season.

Second eclipse this season: November 3, 2013 — Total Solar Eclipse