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Total lunar eclipse

Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 02:31 PM UTC
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Peak (UTC)
Saturday, Dec 10
Type
Total lunar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Totality duration
52 min
Partial duration
213 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 begins11:33:1403:33:1440.5°W
U1 — Partial begins12:45:1704:45:1726.6°W
T1 — Totality begins14:05:3306:05:3311.7°WNW
MAX — Greatest eclipse14:31:4606:31:467.0°WNW
T2 — Totality ends14:57:5906:57:592.6°WNW
U2 — Partial ends16:18:1508:18:15below horizon
P2 — Penumbral ends17:30:1809:30:18below horizon
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
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