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January 31, 2018 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (Ulan Bator)

Jan 31, 2018 at 9:29 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Ulaanbaatar
Began: Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 6:51 pm
Maximum: Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 9:29 pm 1.315 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 12:08 am
Duration: 5 hours, 17 minutes

All Â鶹ӳ»­ shown on this page are local time.

Location

January 31–February 1, 2018 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Ulaanbaatar

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Ulaanbaatar. Stages and Â鶹ӳ»­ of the eclipse are outlined below. All Â鶹ӳ»­ were local time (ULAT) for Ulaanbaatar.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
6:51 pm Wed, Jan 31
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East-northeast 76°
10.5°
7:48 pm Wed, Jan 31
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East 86°
19.6°
8:51 pm Wed, Jan 31
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East 98°
29.7°
9:29 pm Wed, Jan 31
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-southeast 106°
35.7°
10:07 pm Wed, Jan 31
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-southeast 114°
41.4°
11:11 pm Wed, Jan 31
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction Southeast 131°
49.9°
12:08 am Thu, Feb 1
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South-southeast 151°
55.6°

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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 Ulaanbaatar. The total lunar eclipse is someÂ鶹ӳ»­ called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (Jan 31–Feb 1)

In the past, this day was cloudy 57% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Ulaanbaatar

Eclipse Visibility From UlaanbaatarVisibility Worldwide
Jan 15, 2010 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 26, 2010 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 21, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 2, 2011 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jun 16, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10–11, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 21, 2012 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 4, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 6, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 28–29, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 26, 2013 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Oct 19, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 20, 2015 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Apr 4, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 23, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 2016 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Sep 17, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Feb 11, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 7–8, 2017 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31–Feb 1, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 28, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 11, 2018 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jan 6, 2019 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jul 17, 2019 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 26, 2019 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse

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