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July 16, 2019 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Sofia, Bulgaria

Jul 17, 2019 at 12:30 am
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Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse, in Sofia
Began: Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 9:43 pm
Maximum: Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 12:30 am 0.653 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 3:17 am
Duration: 5 hours, 34 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

July 16–17, 2019 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Sofia

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
9:43 pm Tue, Jul 16
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Southeast.		Map direction Southeast 129°
6.6°
11:01 pm Tue, Jul 16
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southeast 144°
16.1°
12:30 am Wed, Jul 17
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction South-southeast 164°
23.0°
1:59 am Wed, Jul 17
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction South 186°
24.5°
3:17 am Wed, Jul 17
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South-southwest 204°
20.8°

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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.

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

Cloud Coverage (Jul 16–17)

In the past, this day was cloudy 32% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Sofia

Eclipse Visibility From SofiaVisibility Worldwide
Jan 15, 2010 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Dec 21, 2010 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 4, 2011 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jun 15–16, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 6, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 28, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 25–26, 2013 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Oct 19, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 20, 2015 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 28, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 2016 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Sep 16, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Feb 11, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 7, 2017 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31, 2018 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 27–28, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 21, 2019 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 16–17, 2019 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit

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

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