July 16, 2019 Partial Lunar Eclipse in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Jul 17, 2019 at 6:55 am

Global Event:	Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type:	Partial Lunar Eclipse in Sydney, New South Wales
Began:	Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 4:43 am
Maximum:	Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 6:55 am 0.528 Magnitude
Ended:	Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 7:02 am
Duration:	2 hours, 19 minutes
All times shown on this page are local time.

July 17, 2019 — Partial 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 (AEST) for Sydney.

Time	Phase	Event	Direction	Altitude
4:43 am Wed, Jul 17		Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.	260°	25.7°
6:01 am Wed, Jul 17		Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.	251°	10.5°
6:55 am Wed, Jul 17		Maximum in Sydney This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Sydney. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Sydney because the Moon is below the horizon at that time. Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.	244°	0.9°
7:02 am Wed, Jul 17	Setting	Moonset Setting, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase makes the Moon so dim before it sets, that it might disappear from view some time before it sets.	243°	-0.2°
7:30 am Wed, Jul 17	Not directly visible	Maximum Eclipse Below horizon	239°	-5.8°
8:59 am Wed, Jul 17	Not directly visible	Partial Eclipse ends Below horizon	225°	-19.9°
10:17 am Wed, Jul 17	Not directly visible	Penumbral Eclipse ends Below horizon	209°	-29.4°

How to use altitude & direction to find in the sky

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

During this partial lunar eclipse, the Earth's shadow covered only parts of the Moon, as seen from Sydney. There were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared completely covered during this event.

Cloud Coverage (Jul 17)

In the past, this day was cloudy 39% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Sydney

Eclipse Visibility From Sydney		Visibility Worldwide
	Jun 26–27, 2010 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Dec 21, 2010 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Jun 16, 2011 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Dec 10–11, 2011 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Jun 4, 2012 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Jun 6, 2012 Venus Transit	Venus Transit
	Nov 14, 2012 Partial Solar Eclipse	Total Solar Eclipse
	Nov 28–29, 2012 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Apr 26, 2013 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	May 10, 2013 Partial Solar Eclipse	Annular Solar Eclipse
	Apr 15, 2014 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Apr 29, 2014 Partial Solar Eclipse	Annular Solar Eclipse
	Oct 8–9, 2014 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Apr 4–5, 2015 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Mar 23–24, 2016 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Sep 17, 2016 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Aug 8, 2017 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Jan 31–Feb 1, 2018 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Jul 28, 2018 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Jul 17, 2019 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial 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.

Next total solar eclipse visible in Sydney

Next annular eclipse visible in Sydney

Other eclipses visible in Sydney

Other eclipses worldwide

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