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December 21, 2010 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Dec 21, 2010 at 8:16 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Birmingham, England
Began: Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 5:29 am
Maximum: Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 8:16 am 1.256 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 8:24 am
Duration: 2 hours, 55 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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December 21, 2010 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Birmingham

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:29 am Tue, Dec 21
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West 279°
22.3°
6:32 am Tue, Dec 21
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction West-northwest 290°
13.3°
7:40 am Tue, Dec 21
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.		Map direction West-northwest 303°
4.5°
8:16 am Tue, Dec 21
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
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 Northwest for the best view of the eclipse.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.		Map direction Northwest 309°
0.5°
8:24 am Tue, Dec 21SettingMoonset Setting, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase makes the Moon so dim before it sets, that it might disappear from view some time before it sets.Map direction Northwest 311°
-0.2°
8:53 am Tue, Dec 21Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction Northwest 316°
-3.7°
10:01 am Tue, Dec 21Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction North-northwest 330°
-9.8°
11:04 am Tue, Dec 21Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction North-northwest 344°
-13.4°

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

Cloud Coverage (Dec 21)

In the past, this day was cloudy 80% 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 Birmingham

Eclipse Visibility From BirminghamVisibility Worldwide
Dec 21, 2010 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 4, 2011 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jun 15–16, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10, 2011 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 6, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 28, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 25, 2013 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
May 25, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 18–19, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 15, 2014 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 20, 2015 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 28, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 2016 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Sep 16, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Feb 10–11, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 7, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 21, 2017 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jul 27–28, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 21, 2019 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 16–17, 2019 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit

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