A penumbral lunar eclipse with a magnitude of 0.920. The time below is converted to your own clock.
| Date | Greatest eclipse | Type | Duration | Magnitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-02-20 | 23:12 UTC | Penumbral | — | 0.920 |
Times are shown in your own time zone, converted from UTC in your browser.
Hard to notice with the naked eye — the Moon dims slightly but keeps its colour.
This is a penumbral eclipse: the Moon passes only through the faint outer shadow. It dims slightly and keeps its usual colour, so it is easy to miss without a photograph to compare against.
The magnitude of 0.920 is the fraction of the lunar diameter inside the shadow at greatest eclipse. Above 1 the whole disc is covered; below 0 the inner shadow is missed entirely, and only the outer one is involved.
The instant is the same worldwide — what varies is whether the Moon is above your horizon then, and what the local date is. The time shown here is converted in your browser from the UTC instant, so it already matches your own clock.
The time in the table is greatest eclipse, converted from UTC to your own time zone by your browser. The eclipse itself runs for hours around that instant, so the Moon does not need to be above your horizon at exactly that moment for you to see part of it.
A lunar eclipse is visible from the entire night side of Earth, so it comes down to whether the Moon is up at that time where you are. If the time above falls comfortably within your night, you are in the right half of the planet.
Completely. A lunar eclipse involves no direct sunlight, so unlike a solar eclipse there is nothing to protect your eyes from. Binoculars make the colour easier to see.
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