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Total lunar eclipse

Thursday, December 30, 1982 at 11:28 AM UTC
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Peak (UTC)
Thursday, Dec 30
Type
Total lunar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Totality duration
61 min
Partial duration
197 min
Local circumstances
Phase times in your local time, plus where to look in the sky from Palo Alto, California.
PhaseUTCLocal timeMoon altitudeDirection
P1 — Penumbral begins08:53:0800:53:0872.2°SW
U1 — Partial begins09:50:2901:50:2963.3°WSW
T1 — Totality begins10:58:1502:58:1550.9°W
MAX — Greatest eclipse11:28:4403:28:4445.0°W
T2 — Totality ends11:59:1403:59:1439.2°W
U2 — Partial ends13:07:0005:07:0026.3°W
P2 — Penumbral ends14:04:2106:04:2115.7°WNW
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
1 Saros later
Total lunar eclipse
January 9, 2001