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November 8, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Seoul, South Korea

Nov 8, 2022 at 7:59 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Seoul
Began: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 5:18 pm
Maximum: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 7:59 pm 1.359 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 10:56 pm
Duration: 5 hours, 37 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

November 8, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Seoul

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:02 pm Tue, Nov 8Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 66°
-3.7°
5:18 pm Tue, Nov 8RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East-northeast 69°
-0.2°
6:09 pm Tue, Nov 8
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 76°
8.6°
7:16 pm Tue, Nov 8
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East 85°
21.5°
7:59 pm Tue, Nov 8
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East 91°
29.8°
8:41 pm Tue, Nov 8
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East 98°
38.0°
9:49 pm Tue, Nov 8
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-southeast 111°
50.8°
10:56 pm Tue, Nov 8
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Southeast 131°
62.2°

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

Cloud Coverage (Nov 8)

In the past, this day was cloudy 62% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Seoul

Eclipse Visibility From SeoulVisibility Worldwide
Sep 8, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 7, 2028 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2028–Jan 1, 2029 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Seoul, or the path map image for global details.

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