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January 31, 1999 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Moscow, Russia (Moskva)

Jan 31, 1999 at 7:17 pm
Max View in Moscow, Moscow
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Moscow, Moscow
Began: Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 5:06 pm
Maximum: Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 7:17 pm -0.026 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 9:28 pm
Duration: 4 hours, 22 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

January 31, 1999 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Moscow

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:06 pm Sun, Jan 31
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.		Map direction East-northeast 62°
1.1°
7:17 pm Sun, Jan 31
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East 87°
17.6°
9:28 pm Sun, Jan 31
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-southeast 116°
34.7°

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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.

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 31)

In the past, this day was cloudy 84% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

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  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Moscow

Eclipse Visibility From MoscowVisibility Worldwide
Feb 9–10, 1990 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 1990 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 30, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 26, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 9–10, 1992 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 21, 1993 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Nov 6, 1993 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Nov 29, 1993 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 18, 1994 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 1995 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 4, 1996 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 27, 1996 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 12, 1996 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Mar 24, 1997 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 16–17, 1997 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 13, 1998 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 8, 1998 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31, 1999 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 11, 1999 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse

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

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