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December 30, 1982 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

Dec 30, 1982 at 7:28 pm
Max View in Beijing, Beijing Municipality
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Beijing, Beijing Municipality
Began: Thu, Dec 30, 1982 at 4:53 pm
Maximum: Thu, Dec 30, 1982 at 7:28 pm 1.182 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Dec 30, 1982 at 10:04 pm
Duration: 5 hours, 11 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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December 30, 1982 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Beijing

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:53 pm Thu, Dec 30
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.		Map direction East-northeast 60°
0.8°
5:50 pm Thu, Dec 30
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East-northeast 68°
10.0°
6:58 pm Thu, Dec 30
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East-northeast 77°
21.9°
7:28 pm Thu, Dec 30
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East 81°
27.4°
7:58 pm Thu, Dec 30
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East 86°
32.9°
9:06 pm Thu, Dec 30
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East 96°
45.5°
10:04 pm Thu, Dec 30
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-southeast 108°
55.9°

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

Cloud Coverage (Dec 30)

In the past, this day was cloudy 66% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  4. Partial Lunar Eclipse
  5. Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
  6. Can I See a Lunar Eclipse?
  7. Blood Moon - Total Lunar Eclipse
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  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 Beijing

Eclipse Visibility From BeijingVisibility Worldwide
Feb 16, 1980 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Mar 2, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 28, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20, 1981 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 31, 1981 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 10, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 13, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 8–9, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 5, 1985 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 20, 1985 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Oct 28–29, 1985 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 24, 1986 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 18, 1986 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 13, 1986 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Sep 23, 1987 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Mar 3–4, 1988 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 18, 1988 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 27, 1988 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 1989 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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

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