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January 31, 2018 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Tokyo, Japan

Jan 31, 2018 at 10:29 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Tokyo
Began: Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 7:51 pm
Maximum: Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 10:29 pm 1.315 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 1:08 am
Duration: 5 hours, 17 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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January 31–February 1, 2018 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Tokyo

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
7:51 pm Wed, Jan 31
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East 93°
34.0°
8:48 pm Wed, Jan 31
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East-southeast 102°
45.1°
9:51 pm Wed, Jan 31
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East-southeast 116°
56.8°
10:29 pm Wed, Jan 31
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southeast 129°
63.1°
11:07 pm Wed, Jan 31
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southeast 147°
68.0°
12:11 am Thu, Feb 1
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction South 189°
70.6°
1:08 am Thu, Feb 1
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Southwest 222°
65.3°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Tokyo

Eclipse Visibility From TokyoVisibility Worldwide
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 Annular 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 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Apr 15, 2014 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 4, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 9, 2016 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Mar 23, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 17, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 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
Jan 6, 2019 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jul 17, 2019 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 26, 2019 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse

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

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