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November 19, 2021 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Nov 19, 2021 at 8:12 pm
Near max in Melbourne
Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Melbourne, Victoria
Began: Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 8:09 pm
Maximum: Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 8:12 pm 0.962 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 11:03 pm
Duration: 2 hours, 54 minutes

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Location

November 19, 2021 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Melbourne

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

Time Phase Event Direction Altitude
5:02 pm Fri, Nov 19 Not directly visible Penumbral Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction East 92°
-35.2°
6:18 pm Fri, Nov 19 Not directly visible Partial Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction East 81°
-20.8°
8:02 pm Fri, Nov 19 Not directly visible Maximum Eclipse Below horizon Map direction East-northeast 66°
-1.1°
8:09 pm Fri, Nov 19 Rising Moonrise Rising Map direction East-northeast 65°
-0.2°
8:12 pm Fri, Nov 19
Maximum in Melbourne This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Melbourne. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Melbourne 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 East-northeast for the best view of the eclipse. 		Map direction East-northeast 64°
0.2°
9:47 pm Fri, Nov 19
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends. Map direction Northeast 49°
14.8°
11:03 pm Fri, Nov 19
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends. Map direction North-northeast 33°
24.4°

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.

During this partial lunar eclipse, the Earth's shadow covered only parts of the Moon, as seen from Melbourne. There were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared completely covered during this event. The Earth's shadow covered a large portion of the Moon, so this was still a nice sight.

Cloud Coverage (Nov 19)

In the past, this day was cloudy 61% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipse Visibility From Melbourne Visibility Worldwide
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Jul 22, 2028 Partial Solar Eclipse Total Solar Eclipse
Jan 1, 2029 Total Lunar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Melbourne, or the path map image for global details.

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