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October 27, 1920 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines

Oct 27, 1920 at 10:11 pm
Max View in Cebu City, Cebu
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Cebu City, Cebu
Began: Wed, Oct 27, 1920 at 7:25 pm
Maximum: Wed, Oct 27, 1920 at 10:11 pm 1.398 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Oct 28, 1920 at 12:56 am
Duration: 5 hours, 31 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

October 27–28, 1920 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Cebu City

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
7:25 pm Wed, Oct 27
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East 81°
31.3°
8:25 pm Wed, Oct 27
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East 82°
45.6°
9:28 pm Wed, Oct 27
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East 81°
60.6°
10:11 pm Wed, Oct 27
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East 79°
70.7°
10:53 pm Wed, Oct 27
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 71°
80.6°
11:56 pm Wed, Oct 27
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-northwest 296°
83.1°
12:56 am Thu, Oct 28
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West 280°
69.2°

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

Cloud Coverage (Oct 27–28)

In the past, this day was cloudy 89% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Cebu City

Eclipse Visibility From Cebu CityVisibility Worldwide
Oct 27–28, 1920 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 22, 1921 Penumbral 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
Aug 26, 1923 Partial 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
Jul 10, 1926 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 15, 1927 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal 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 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 1929 Total Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
May 23, 1929 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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