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November 20, 2002 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Kolkata, West Bengal, India (Calcutta)

Nov 20, 2002 at 5:48 am
Near max in Kolkata
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Kolkata, West Bengal
Began: Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 5:04 am
Maximum: Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 5:49 am -0.636 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 5:52 am
Duration: 48 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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November 20, 2002 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Kolkata

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:04 am Wed, Nov 20
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West-northwest 285°
9.4°
5:49 am Wed, Nov 20
Maximum in Kolkata This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Kolkata. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Kolkata because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
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-northwest for the best view of the eclipse.		Map direction West-northwest 289°
0.2°
5:52 am Wed, Nov 20SettingMoonset 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.Map direction West-northwest 289°
-0.2°
7:16 am Wed, Nov 20Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 299°
-17.8°
9:28 am Wed, Nov 20Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction Northwest 322°
-40.0°

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 penumbral lunar eclipse, the Earth's main shadow did not cover the Moon. As the Earth's shadow (umbra) misses the Moon during a penumbral lunar eclipse, there were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared partially or totally eclipsed during this event. A penumbral lunar eclipse can be a bit hard to see as the shadowed part is only a little bit fainter than the rest of the Moon.

Cloud Coverage (Nov 20)

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

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Kolkata

Eclipse Visibility From KolkataVisibility Worldwide
Jul 16, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9–10, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 5, 2001 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30, 2001 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 26, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 25, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 20, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Nov 9, 2003 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 4–5, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Oct 3, 2005 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Oct 17, 2005 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 29, 2006 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 7–8, 2006 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 4, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 19, 2007 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2007 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 1, 2008 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 26, 2009 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 9, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 2009 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 6, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2009–Jan 1, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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