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Total lunar eclipse

Friday, July 27, 2018 at 08:21 PM UTC
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Peak (UTC)
Friday, Jul 27
Type
Total lunar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Totality duration
104 min
Partial duration
235 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 begins17:14:2710:14:27below horizon
U1 — Partial begins18:24:0511:24:05below horizon
T1 — Totality begins19:29:5212:29:52below horizon
MAX — Greatest eclipse20:21:4213:21:42below horizon
T2 — Totality ends21:13:3214:13:32below horizon
U2 — Partial ends22:19:1915:19:19below horizon
P2 — Penumbral ends23:28:5716:28:57below horizon
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
1 Saros earlier
Total lunar eclipse
July 16, 2000
1 Saros later
Total lunar eclipse
August 6, 2036