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October 27, 1920 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Columbus, OH, USA

Oct 27, 1920 at 7:49 am
Near max in Columbus
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Columbus, Ohio
Began: Wed, Oct 27, 1920 at 7:25 am
Maximum: Wed, Oct 27, 1920 at 7:50 am -0.585 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Oct 27, 1920 at 7:53 am
Duration: 28 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

October 27, 1920 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Columbus

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
7:25 am Wed, Oct 27
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.
Map direction West-northwest 282°
4.3°
7:50 am Wed, Oct 27
Maximum in Columbus This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Columbus. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Columbus because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to West-northwest for the best view of the eclipse.
Map direction West-northwest 286°
0.2°
7:53 am Wed, Oct 27SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West-northwest 286°
-0.2°
8:25 am Wed, Oct 27Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 291°
-6.4°
9:28 am Wed, Oct 27Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 302°
-16.6°
10:11 am Wed, Oct 27Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction Northwest 310°
-22.8°
10:53 am Wed, Oct 27Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction Northwest 320°
-28.2°
11:56 am Wed, Oct 27Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction North-northwest 335°
-34.2°
12:56 pm Wed, Oct 27Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction North 352°
-37.1°

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

The total phase of this lunar eclipse was not visible in Columbus, but it could be observed there as a penumbral lunar eclipse. A penumbral lunar eclipse can be a bit hard to see as the shadowed part is only a little bit fainter than the rest of the Moon.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Columbus

Eclipse Visibility From ColumbusVisibility Worldwide
May 2–3, 1920 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 27, 1920 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 10, 1920 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Apr 21–22, 1921 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 16, 1921 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 13, 1922 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 5, 1922 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 2–3, 1923 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 26, 1923 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 10, 1923 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
May 7, 1924 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Jan 24, 1925 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Feb 8, 1925 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 4, 1925 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 28, 1926 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 24–25, 1926 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 18–19, 1926 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 15, 1927 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 3, 1928 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 27, 1928 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 16, 1929 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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