lunar eclipse
notablePenumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow. The shading is subtle rather than a dark bite.
Earlier in the record
Previous eclipse in Saros 143
9 February 2009
The preceding member of this lunar-eclipse series occurred on February 9, 2009.
NASA GSFC Saros 143 catalogueWhere to look
GLOBAL EVENT. It is observable where the Moon is above the horizon during the eclipse; local visibility has not been calculated for this observer.
Global event · local visibility
Local eclipse circumstances are not calculated. Seeing the Sun or Moon above the horizon alone does not establish that this eclipse is visible from your location.
Penumbral magnitude: 0.9266
Source phase window: 21:12–01:13 UTC.
Technical source record
2027 · NASA-2027-143-penumbral-lunar-eclipse-2027-02-20 · retrieved 2026-09-30
Saros 143 · magnitude/duration from the NASA GSFC record.
ObserverExample sky· UTC
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