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May 26, 2021 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (Bombay)

May 26, 2021 at 7:15 pm
Near max in Mumbai
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Mumbai, Maharashtra
Began: Wed, May 26, 2021 at 7:13 pm
Maximum: Wed, May 26, 2021 at 7:16 pm -0.882 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, May 26, 2021 at 7:19 pm
Duration: 6 minutes

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May 26, 2021 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Mumbai

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

Time Phase Event Direction Altitude
2:17 pm Wed, May 26 Not directly visible Penumbral Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction East 97°
-65.1°
3:15 pm Wed, May 26 Not directly visible Partial Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction East 99°
-52.4°
4:41 pm Wed, May 26 Not directly visible Total Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction East-southeast 102°
-33.4°
4:48 pm Wed, May 26 Not directly visible Maximum Eclipse Below horizon Map direction East-southeast 103°
-31.9°
4:55 pm Wed, May 26 Not directly visible Total Eclipse ends Below horizon Map direction East-southeast 103°
-30.3°
6:22 pm Wed, May 26 Not directly visible Partial Eclipse ends Below horizon Map direction East-southeast 108°
-11.6°
7:13 pm Wed, May 26 Rising Moonrise Rising Map direction East-southeast 112°
-0.2°
7:16 pm Wed, May 26
Maximum in Mumbai This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Mumbai. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Mumbai 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-southeast for the best view of the eclipse. 		Map direction East-southeast 112°
0.2°
7:19 pm Wed, May 26
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.
Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point. 		Map direction East-southeast 112°
0.9°

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.

The total phase of this lunar eclipse was not visible in Mumbai, but it could be observed there as a penumbral lunar eclipse. 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 (May 26)

In the past, this day was cloudy 37% of the time (since 2000).

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