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January 20, 2019 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Richmond, VA, USA

Jan 21, 2019 at 12:12 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Richmond, Virginia
Began: Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 9:36 pm
Maximum: Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 12:12 am 1.195 Magnitude
Ended: Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 2:48 am
Duration: 5 hours, 12 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

January 20–21, 2019 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Richmond

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Richmond. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (EST) for Richmond.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
9:36 pm Sun, Jan 20
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East-southeast 105°
51.3°
10:33 pm Sun, Jan 20
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East-southeast 120°
61.4°
11:41 pm Sun, Jan 20
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction South-southeast 151°
70.6°
12:12 am Mon, Jan 21
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction South 173°
72.4°
12:43 am Mon, Jan 21
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southwest 196°
71.9°
1:50 am Mon, Jan 21
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction Southwest 232°
64.2°
2:48 am Mon, Jan 21
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West-southwest 250°
54.4°

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The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

This total lunar eclipse was fully visible in Richmond. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (Jan 20–21)

In the past, this day was cloudy 63% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Richmond

Eclipse Visibility From RichmondVisibility Worldwide
Jun 26, 2010 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 21, 2010 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10, 2011 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 4, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 5, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
May 24–25, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 18, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 3, 2013 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Apr 15, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 23, 2014 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Apr 4, 2015 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 27–28, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 23, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 2016 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Feb 10, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 21, 2017 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 31, 2018 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20–21, 2019 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit

Note: Click on the date link for details in Richmond, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.

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