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November 20, 2002 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Muscat, Oman

Nov 20, 2002 at 5:46 am
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Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Muscat
Began: Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 3:34 am
Maximum: Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 5:46 am -0.227 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 6:27 am
Duration: 2 hours, 53 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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November 20, 2002 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Muscat

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
3:34 am Wed, Nov 20
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West 275°
36.6°
5:46 am Wed, Nov 20
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.
Map direction West-northwest 286°
7.9°
6:27 am Wed, Nov 20SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West-northwest 290°
-0.2°
7:58 am Wed, Nov 20Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 301°
-18.9°

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.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Muscat

Eclipse Visibility From MuscatVisibility Worldwide
Jan 21, 2000 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 16, 2000 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9–10, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 5, 2001 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 25, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 20, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
May 16, 2003 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 31, 2003 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 9, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 4–5, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Oct 28, 2004 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 3, 2005 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Oct 17, 2005 Penumbral 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
Feb 21, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 1, 2008 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar 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

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

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