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May 26, 2021 — Total Lunar Eclipse — New Orleans, LA, USA

May 26, 2021 at 6:02 am
Near max in New Orleans
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in New Orleans, Louisiana
Began: Wed, May 26, 2021 at 3:47 am
Maximum: Wed, May 26, 2021 at 6:03 am 0.968 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, May 26, 2021 at 6:06 am
Duration: 2 hours, 19 minutes

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May 26, 2021 — Total Lunar Eclipse — New Orleans

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

Time Phase Event Direction Altitude
3:47 am Wed, May 26
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face. Map direction Southwest 225°
23.4°
4:45 am Wed, May 26
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red. Map direction Southwest 235°
14.1°
6:03 am Wed, May 26
Maximum in New Orleans This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in New Orleans. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in New Orleans 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-southwest for the best view of the eclipse. 		Map direction West-southwest 245°
0.2°
6:06 am Wed, May 26 Setting Moonset 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-southwest 245°
-0.2°
6:11 am Wed, May 26 Not directly visible Total Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction West-southwest 246°
-1.0°
6:18 am Wed, May 26 Not directly visible Maximum Eclipse Below horizon Map direction West-southwest 247°
-2.6°
6:25 am Wed, May 26 Not directly visible Total Eclipse ends Below horizon Map direction West-southwest 248°
-4.6°
7:52 am Wed, May 26 Not directly visible Partial Eclipse ends Below horizon Map direction West-southwest 257°
-21.8°
8:49 am Wed, May 26 Not directly visible Penumbral Eclipse ends Below horizon Map direction West 262°
-33.5°

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 New Orleans, but it could be observed there as a partial lunar eclipse. The Earth's shadow covered a large portion of the Moon, so this was still a nice sight.

Cloud Coverage (May 26)

In the past, this day was cloudy 52% of the time (since 2000).

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