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December 10, 2011 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Sydney, NSW, Australia

Dec 11, 2011 at 1:31 am
Max View in Sydney, New South Wales
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Sydney, New South Wales
Began: Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 10:33 pm
Maximum: Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 1:31 am 1.106 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 4:30 am
Duration: 5 hours, 56 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

December 10–11, 2011 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Sydney

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
10:33 pm Sat, Dec 10
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction North-northeast 32°
25.1°
11:45 pm Sat, Dec 10
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction North-northeast 15°
31.1°
1:06 am Sun, Dec 11
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction North 354°
32.6°
1:31 am Sun, Dec 11
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction North-northwest 347°
31.9°
1:57 am Sun, Dec 11
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction North-northwest 341°
30.5°
3:17 am Sun, Dec 11
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction Northwest 323°
22.9°
4:30 am Sun, Dec 11
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Northwest 309°
12.9°

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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 Sydney. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (Dec 10–11)

In the past, this day was cloudy 65% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

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  3. Why Does the Moon Turn Red?
  4. Partial Lunar Eclipse
  5. Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
  6. Can I See a Lunar Eclipse?
  7. Blood Moon - Total Lunar Eclipse
  8. Eclipse Seasons
  9. What Is a Tetrad?
  10. Magnitude of Eclipses
  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Sydney

Eclipse Visibility From SydneyVisibility Worldwide
Jun 26–27, 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
Jun 4, 2012 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 6, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 14, 2012 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Nov 28–29, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 26, 2013 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
May 10, 2013 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Apr 15, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 29, 2014 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Oct 8–9, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 4–5, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 23–24, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 17, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 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
Jul 17, 2019 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

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