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January 31, 2018 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon)

Jan 31, 2018 at 7:59 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Yangon
Began: Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 5:52 pm
Maximum: Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 7:59 pm 1.315 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 10:38 pm
Duration: 4 hours, 46 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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January 31, 2018 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Yangon

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:21 pm Wed, Jan 31Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 69°
-7.6°
5:52 pm Wed, Jan 31RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East-northeast 72°
-0.2°
6:18 pm Wed, Jan 31
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast.		Map direction East-northeast 73°
5.0°
7:21 pm Wed, Jan 31
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East-northeast 77°
19.0°
7:59 pm Wed, Jan 31
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East 79°
27.6°
8:37 pm Wed, Jan 31
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East 81°
36.2°
9:41 pm Wed, Jan 31
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East 83°
50.8°
10:38 pm Wed, Jan 31
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East 86°
64.1°

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

Cloud Coverage (Jan 31)

In the past, this day was cloudy 28% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  10. Magnitude of Eclipses
  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Yangon

Eclipse Visibility From YangonVisibility Worldwide
Jan 15, 2010 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 26, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 15–16, 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 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 6, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 28, 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 Partial 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
May 9, 2016 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Sep 16–17, 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, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 27–28, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar 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 Yangon, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.

Next annular eclipse visible in Yangon

Other eclipses visible in Yangon

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