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Total lunar eclipse

Monday, January 21, 2019 at 05:12 AM UTC
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Peak (UTC)
Sunday, Jan 20
Type
Total lunar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Totality duration
63 min
Partial duration
197 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 begins02:36:1118:36:1115.8°ENE
U1 — Partial begins03:33:3419:33:3426.5°E
T1 — Totality begins04:40:4820:40:4839.4°E
MAX — Greatest eclipse05:12:1521:12:1545.3°E
T2 — Totality ends05:43:4221:43:4251.2°ESE
U2 — Partial ends06:50:5722:50:5763.0°SE
P2 — Penumbral ends07:48:1923:48:1970.5°SSE
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
1 Saros earlier
Total lunar eclipse
January 9, 2001
1 Saros later
Total lunar eclipse
January 31, 2037