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January 21, 2019 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Neiafu, Tonga

Jan 21, 2019 at 7:29 pm
Max View in Neiafu
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse, in Neiafu
Began: Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 7:19 pm
Maximum: Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 7:29 pm 0.338 Magnitude
Ended: Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 8:48 pm
Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

All Âé¶¹Ó³»­ shown on this page are local time.

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January 21, 2019 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Neiafu

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Neiafu. Stages and Âé¶¹Ó³»­ of the eclipse are outlined below. All Âé¶¹Ó³»­ were local time (TOT) for Neiafu.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
3:36 pm Mon, Jan 21Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 79°
-49.3°
4:33 pm Mon, Jan 21Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 77°
-36.7°
5:41 pm Mon, Jan 21Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 74°
-22.0°
6:12 pm Mon, Jan 21Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 72°
-15.2°
6:43 pm Mon, Jan 21Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 71°
-8.6°
7:19 pm Mon, Jan 21RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East-northeast 68°
-0.2°
7:29 pm Mon, Jan 21
Maximum in Neiafu This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Neiafu. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Neiafu because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast.
Map direction East-northeast 67°
1.6°
7:50 pm Mon, Jan 21
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast.
Map direction East-northeast 66°
5.8°
8:48 pm Mon, Jan 21
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-northeast 60°
17.5°

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 Neiafu, but it could be observed there as a partial lunar eclipse.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Neiafu

Eclipse Visibility From NeiafuVisibility Worldwide
Jun 26–27, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 12, 2010 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Dec 21–22, 2010 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 16, 2011 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 11, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 4–5, 2012 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 6, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 14, 2012 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Nov 29, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 10, 2013 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Apr 15, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8–9, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 4–5, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 23–24, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 10, 2016 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Sep 17, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 8, 2017 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31–Feb 1, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 28, 2018 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 21, 2019 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 3, 2019 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Nov 12, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit

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