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May 23, 1929 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia

May 23, 1929 at 7:57 pm
Max View in Medan, North Sumatra
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Medan, North Sumatra
Began: Thu, May 23, 1929 at 6:44 pm
Maximum: Thu, May 23, 1929 at 7:57 pm -0.129 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, May 23, 1929 at 10:14 pm
Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

May 23, 1929 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Medan

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Thu, May 23, 1929 at 5:35 pm JAVT
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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Medan. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (JAVT) for Medan.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:40 pm Thu, May 23Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 110°
-15.2°
6:44 pm Thu, May 23RisingMoonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends.Map direction East-southeast 111°
-0.2°
7:57 pm Thu, May 23
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-southeast 113°
15.6°
10:14 pm Thu, May 23
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Southeast 126°
44.6°

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 (May 23)

In the past, this day was cloudy 90% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  10. Magnitude of Eclipses
  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Medan

Eclipse Visibility From MedanVisibility Worldwide
May 3, 1920 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 27–28, 1920 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17, 1921 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 13, 1922 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 12, 1922 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 21, 1922 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Oct 6, 1922 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 26, 1923 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 1924 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 8, 1924 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Aug 15, 1924 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 9, 1925 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 4, 1925 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 14, 1926 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 29, 1926 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 26, 1926 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 10, 1927 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Dec 8–9, 1927 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 3, 1928 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 27, 1928 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 1929 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
May 23, 1929 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 17, 1929 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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

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