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July 28, 2018 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

Jul 28, 2018 at 4:21 am
Max View in Beijing, Beijing Municipality
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Beijing, Beijing Municipality
Began: Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 1:14 am
Maximum: Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 4:21 am 1.608 Magnitude
Ended: Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 5:15 am
Duration: 4 hours, 1 minute

All times shown on this page are local time.

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July 28, 2018 — 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
1:14 am Sat, Jul 28
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southwest 196°
28.5°
2:24 am Sat, Jul 28
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction South-southwest 213°
23.1°
3:30 am Sat, Jul 28
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction Southwest 226°
15.3°
4:21 am Sat, Jul 28
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Southwest.		Map direction Southwest 236°
7.9°
5:13 am Sat, Jul 28
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.
Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to West-southwest for the best view of the eclipse.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.		Map direction West-southwest 244°
0.1°
5:15 am Sat, Jul 28SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West-southwest 244°
-0.2°
6:19 am Sat, Jul 28Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-southwest 254°
-11.8°
7:28 am Sat, Jul 28Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 264°
-24.4°

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.

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 (Jul 28)

In the past, this day was cloudy 70% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  2. Total Lunar Eclipse
  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 Beijing

Eclipse Visibility From BeijingVisibility Worldwide
Jan 15, 2010 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 26, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 21, 2010 Total 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 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

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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