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December 21, 2010 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Columbus, OH, USA

Dec 21, 2010 at 3:16 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Columbus, Ohio
Began: Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:29 am
Maximum: Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 3:16 am 1.256 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 6:04 am
Duration: 5 hours, 35 minutes

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December 21, 2010 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Columbus

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
12:29 am Tue, Dec 21
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South 184°
73.6°
1:32 am Tue, Dec 21
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southwest 226°
68.3°
2:40 am Tue, Dec 21
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction West-southwest 249°
57.4°
3:16 am Tue, Dec 21
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West-southwest 257°
50.9°
3:53 am Tue, Dec 21
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction West 264°
44.2°
5:01 am Tue, Dec 21
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West 275°
31.5°
6:04 am Tue, Dec 21
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West-northwest 283°
19.9°

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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.

This total lunar eclipse was fully visible in Columbus. 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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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Columbus

Eclipse Visibility From ColumbusVisibility Worldwide
Jun 26, 2010 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 21, 2010 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10, 2011 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 20, 2012 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 4, 2012 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 5, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 28, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 24–25, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 18, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 3, 2013 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Apr 15, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 23, 2014 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Apr 4, 2015 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 27–28, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 23, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 2016 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Feb 10, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 21, 2017 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 31, 2018 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20–21, 2019 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit

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