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May 23, 1929 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Marion Island (Prince Edward Islands), South Africa

May 23, 1929 at 4:21 pm
Max View in Marion Island (Prince Edward Islands)
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Marion Island (Prince Edward Islands)
Began: Thu, May 23, 1929 at 4:17 pm
Maximum: Thu, May 23, 1929 at 4:21 pm -0.434 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, May 23, 1929 at 5:25 pm
Duration: 1 hour, 8 minutes

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Location

May 23, 1929 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Marion Island (Prince Edward Islands)

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Marion Island (Prince Edward Islands). Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (LMT) for Marion Island (Prince Edward Islands).

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
12:51 pm Thu, May 23Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction South-southeast 164°
-21.5°
3:08 pm Thu, May 23Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction Southeast 135°
-9.8°
4:17 pm Thu, May 23RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East-southeast 122°
-0.2°
4:21 pm Thu, May 23
Maximum in Marion Island (Prince Edward Islands) This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Marion Island (Prince Edward Islands). The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Marion Island (Prince Edward Islands) because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to East-southeast for the best view of the eclipse.		Map direction East-southeast 121°
0.2°
5:25 pm Thu, May 23
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-southeast 111°
9.4°

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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 (May 23)

In the past, this day was cloudy 87% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  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 Marion Island (Prince Edward Islands)

Eclipse Visibility From Marion Island (Prince Edward Islands)Visibility Worldwide
May 3, 1920 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 18, 1920 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Oct 27, 1920 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 1, 1921 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Oct 16–17, 1921 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Apr 11–12, 1922 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 6, 1922 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 1923 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 17, 1923 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 20, 1924 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 5, 1924 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
May 8, 1924 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Aug 14–15, 1924 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 8–9, 1925 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 28–29, 1926 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 25–26, 1926 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 25, 1926 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 10, 1927 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Dec 8, 1927 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 24, 1927 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
May 19, 1928 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jun 3, 1928 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 1929 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
May 23, 1929 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 17, 1929 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Marion Island (Prince Edward Islands), or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.

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