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January 31, 2018 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Columbus, OH, USA

Jan 31, 2018 at 7:38 am
Near max in Columbus
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Columbus, Ohio
Began: Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 5:51 am
Maximum: Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 7:39 am 0.815 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 7:42 am
Duration: 1 hour, 51 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

January 31, 2018 — 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 (EST) for Columbus.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:51 am Wed, Jan 31
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West 276°
19.1°
6:48 am Wed, Jan 31
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.		Map direction West-northwest 284°
8.7°
7:39 am Wed, Jan 31
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 291°
0.2°
7:42 am Wed, Jan 31SettingMoonset 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-northwest 292°
-0.2°
7:51 am Wed, Jan 31Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 293°
-1.6°
8:29 am Wed, Jan 31Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 299°
-8.8°
9:07 am Wed, Jan 31Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction Northwest 306°
-14.7°
10:11 am Wed, Jan 31Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction Northwest 318°
-23.3°
11:08 am Wed, Jan 31Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction North-northwest 331°
-29.4°

How to use altitude & direction to find in the sky

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 partial lunar eclipse. The Earth's shadow covered a large portion of the Moon, so this was still a nice sight.

Cloud Coverage (Jan 31)

In the past, this day was cloudy 87% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  10. Magnitude of Eclipses
  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Columbus

Eclipse Visibility From ColumbusVisibility Worldwide
Jun 26, 2010 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 21, 2010 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10, 2011 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 20, 2012 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 4, 2012 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 5, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 28, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 24–25, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 18, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 3, 2013 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Apr 15, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 23, 2014 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Apr 4, 2015 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 27–28, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 23, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 2016 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Feb 10, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 21, 2017 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 31, 2018 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20–21, 2019 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit

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