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Total lunar eclipse

Saturday, January 9, 1982 at 07:55 PM UTC
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Peak (UTC)
Saturday, Jan 9
Type
Total lunar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Totality duration
78 min
Partial duration
204 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 begins17:15:5409:15:54below horizon
U1 — Partial begins18:13:3310:13:33below horizon
T1 — Totality begins19:16:3311:16:33below horizon
MAX — Greatest eclipse19:55:4711:55:47below horizon
T2 — Totality ends20:35:0012:35:00below horizon
U2 — Partial ends21:38:0113:38:01below horizon
P2 — Penumbral ends22:35:3914:35:39below horizon
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
1 Saros later
Total lunar eclipse
January 20, 2000