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January 19, 1981 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico

Jan 20, 1981 at 1:49 am
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Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Mexico City, Ciudad de México
Began: Mon, Jan 19, 1981 at 11:37 pm
Maximum: Tue, Jan 20, 1981 at 1:49 am -0.019 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Jan 20, 1981 at 4:01 am
Duration: 4 hours, 24 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

January 19–20, 1981 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Mexico City

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
11:37 pm Mon, Jan 19
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East 87°
74.6°
1:49 am Tue, Jan 20
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West 271°
74.9°
4:01 am Tue, Jan 20
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West 277°
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 (Jan 19–20)

In the past, this day was cloudy 14% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

  1. When Is the Next Lunar Eclipse?
  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 Mexico City

Eclipse Visibility From Mexico CityVisibility Worldwide
Aug 10, 1980 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Aug 25, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 19–20, 1981 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 16–17, 1981 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 5–6, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 24–25, 1983 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 19, 1983 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 14–15, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 30, 1984 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Apr 24, 1986 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 13, 1987 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 6–7, 1987 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 27, 1988 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20, 1989 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 16, 1989 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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

Next total solar eclipse visible in Mexico City

Next annular eclipse visible in Mexico City

Other eclipses visible in Mexico City

Other eclipses worldwide

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