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November 28, 2012 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Wanglaojia, Jiangsu, China

Nov 28, 2012 at 10:33 pm
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Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Wanglaojia, Jiangsu
Began: Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 8:14 pm
Maximum: Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 10:33 pm -0.188 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 12:51 am
Duration: 4 hours, 36 minutes

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Location

November 28–29, 2012 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Wanglaojia

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
8:14 pm Wed, Nov 28
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East 90°
38.4°
10:33 pm Wed, Nov 28
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-southeast 119°
65.3°
12:51 am Thu, Nov 29
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Southwest 217°
72.7°

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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.

Cloud Coverage (Nov 28–29)

In the past, this day was cloudy 79% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Wanglaojia

Eclipse Visibility From WanglaojiaVisibility Worldwide
Jan 15, 2010 Annular Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 26, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 21, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 16, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10–11, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 21, 2012 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 4, 2012 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 6, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 28–29, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 26, 2013 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Oct 19, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 4, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 9, 2016 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Mar 23, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 17, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Feb 11, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 7–8, 2017 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31–Feb 1, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 28, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 11, 2018 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jan 6, 2019 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jul 17, 2019 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 26, 2019 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse

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