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Total lunar eclipse

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 01:29 PM UTC
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Peak (UTC)
Wednesday, Jan 31
Type
Total lunar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Totality duration
77 min
Partial duration
203 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 begins10:50:4902:50:4949.8°WSW
U1 — Partial begins11:48:0403:48:0439.1°W
T1 — Totality begins12:51:1804:51:1826.9°W
MAX — Greatest eclipse13:29:4505:29:4519.5°W
T2 — Totality ends14:08:1206:08:1212.2°WNW
U2 — Partial ends15:11:2607:11:260.9°WNW
P2 — Penumbral ends16:08:4108:08:41below horizon
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
1 Saros earlier
Total lunar eclipse
January 20, 2000
1 Saros later
Total lunar eclipse
February 11, 2036