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January 31, 2018 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Jefferson City, MO, USA

Jan 31, 2018 at 7:13 am
Near max in Jefferson City
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Jefferson City, Missouri
Began: Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 4:51 am
Maximum: Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 7:14 am 1.249 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 7:16 am
Duration: 2 hours, 26 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

January 31, 2018 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Jefferson City

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:51 am Wed, Jan 31
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West 271°
26.1°
5:48 am Wed, Jan 31
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction West 279°
15.3°
6:51 am Wed, Jan 31
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 288°
3.8°
7:14 am Wed, Jan 31
Maximum in Jefferson City This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Jefferson City. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Jefferson City 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 West-northwest for the best view of the eclipse.		Map direction West-northwest 291°
0.2°
7:16 am Wed, Jan 31SettingMoonset 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 West-northwest 291°
-0.2°
7:29 am Wed, Jan 31Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 293°
-2.3°
8:07 am Wed, Jan 31Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 299°
-9.5°
9:11 am Wed, Jan 31Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction Northwest 310°
-19.2°
10:08 am Wed, Jan 31Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction Northwest 322°
-26.7°

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

Cloud Coverage (Jan 31)

In the past, this day was cloudy 72% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

  1. When Is the Next Lunar Eclipse?
  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 Jefferson City

Eclipse Visibility From Jefferson CityVisibility Worldwide
Jun 26, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 20–21, 2010 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10, 2011 Partial 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, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 18, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 14–15, 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 Total Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 31, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20–21, 2019 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit

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