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January 20, 2019 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Lewiston, ID, USA

Jan 20, 2019 at 9:12 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Lewiston, Idaho
Began: Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 6:36 pm
Maximum: Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 9:12 pm 1.195 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 11:48 pm
Duration: 5 hours, 12 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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January 20, 2019 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Lewiston

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
6:36 pm Sun, Jan 20
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East 82°
21.2°
7:33 pm Sun, Jan 20
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East 92°
30.7°
8:41 pm Sun, Jan 20
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East-southeast 106°
41.7°
9:12 pm Sun, Jan 20
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-southeast 113°
46.5°
9:43 pm Sun, Jan 20
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-southeast 121°
51.1°
10:50 pm Sun, Jan 20
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction Southeast 144°
59.4°
11:48 pm Sun, Jan 20
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South 170°
63.0°

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

Cloud Coverage (Jan 20)

In the past, this day was cloudy 78% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Lewiston

Eclipse Visibility From LewistonVisibility Worldwide
Jun 26, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 20–21, 2010 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10, 2011 Total 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 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 27, 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 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20, 2019 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit

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