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Total lunar eclipse

Monday, September 28, 2015 at 02:47 AM UTC
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Peak (UTC)
Sunday, Sep 27
Type
Total lunar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Totality duration
73 min
Partial duration
200 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 begins00:11:3017:11:30below horizon
U1 — Partial begins01:06:5518:06:55below horizon
T1 — Totality begins02:10:4819:10:482.5°E
MAX — Greatest eclipse02:47:0919:47:099.4°E
T2 — Totality ends03:23:3020:23:3016.3°ESE
U2 — Partial ends04:27:2321:27:2328.2°ESE
P2 — Penumbral ends05:22:4822:22:4837.8°ESE
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
1 Saros earlier
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