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February 10, 2017 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — London, England, United Kingdom

Feb 11, 2017 at 12:43 am
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Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in London, England
Began: Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 10:34 pm
Maximum: Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 12:43 am -0.036 Magnitude
Ended: Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 2:53 am
Duration: 4 hours, 19 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

February 10–11, 2017 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — London

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
10:34 pm Fri, Feb 10
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction Southeast 144°
46.7°
12:43 am Sat, Feb 11
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction South-southwest 191°
50.5°
2:53 am Sat, Feb 11
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Southwest 233°
39.5°

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.

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 (Feb 10–11)

In the past, this day was cloudy 81% 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 London

Eclipse Visibility From LondonVisibility 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

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

Next total solar eclipse visible in London

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