There is a treat for everyone in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and a lot of other points in the Western Hemisphere further are in for a photographic gem tonight: A global event called the partial lunar eclipse. The whole event lasts the total time of 3 hours and 28 minutes, and is to be considered the longest partial lunar eclipse in modern history (the longest in 580 Years) and the last for a long time. The start of this major event’s penumbral phase starts at 12:02 a.m. CDT, then the partial phase starts at 1:18 a.m. CDT, and then finally the maximum phase of partiality, or shadow is at 3:02 a.m. CDT. The whole event spans over a six hours and one minute time period throughout the nighttime hours. The moon will enter Earth’s shadow and gets very close, within just 3% off totality being at 97% totality. The eclipse moon turns very close to a blood red color nearest the point of the maximum partiality phase in the lunar eclipse. This is the second eclipse in a set of them over more than two years visible from the United States.

Long Partial Lunar Eclipse-11/18/21
TOTAL DURATION = 6 hours and 1 minute (Chicago)
Penumbral Phase Start	12:02 a.m. CDT	Dir.198°;Alt.65.5°
Partial Phase Start	1:18 a.m. CDT	Dir.232°;Alt.57.4°
Maximum Partiality	3:02 a.m. CDT	Dir.258°;Alt.40.3°
Partial Phase End	4:47 a.m. CDT	Dir.276°;Alt.21.6°
Penumbral Phase End	6:03 a.m. CDT	Dir.288°;Alt.8.3°

Lunar Eclipses: 2021 – 2030
Calendar Date	TD of Greatest Eclipse	Eclipse Type	Saros Series	Umbral Magnitude	Eclipse Duration	Geographic Region of //Eclipse Visibility
11/19/2021	09:04:06	Partial	126	0.974	03h28m	Americas, n Europe, e Asia, Australia, Pacific
05/16/2022	04:12:42	Total	131	1.414	03h27m 01h25m	Americas, Europe, Africa
11/08/2022	11:00:22	Total	136	1.359	03h40m 01h25m	Asia, Australia, Pacific, Americas
05/05/2023	17:24:05	Penumbral	141	-0.046	—	Africa, Asia, Australia
10/28/2023	20:15:18	Partial	146	0.122	01h17m	e Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
03/25/2024	07:13:59	Penumbral	113	-0.132	—	Americas
09/18/2024	02:45:25	Partial	118	0.085	01h03m	Americas, Europe, Africa
03/14/2025	06:59:56	Total	123	1.178	03h38m 01h05m	Pacific, Americas, w Europe, w Africa
09/07/2025	18:12:58	Total	128	1.362	03h29m 01h22m	Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
03/03/2026	11:34:52	Total	133	1.151	03h27m 00h58m	e Asia, Australia, Pacific, Americas
08/28/2026	04:14:04	Partial	138	0.930	03h18m	e Pacific, Americas, Europe, Africa
02/20/2027	23:14:06	Penumbral	143	-0.057	—	Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia
07/18/2027	16:04:09	Penumbral	110	-1.068	—	e Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific
08/17/2027	07:14:59	Penumbral	148	-0.525	—	Pacific, Americas
01/12/2028	04:14:13	Partial	115	0.066	00h56m	Americas, Europe, Africa
07/06/2028	18:20:57	Partial	120	0.389	02h21m	Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
12/31/2028	16:53:15	Total	125	1.246	03h29m 01h11m	Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific
06/26/2029	03:23:22	Total	130	1.844	03h40m 01h42m	Americas, Europe, Africa, Mid East
12/20/2029	22:43:12	Total	135	1.117	03h33m 00h54m	Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia
06/15/2030	18:34:34	Partial	140	0.502	02h24m	Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
12/09/2030	22:28:51	Penumbral	145	-0.163	—	Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia

Information courtesy of eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov

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The current photos of earth’s moon going into this eclipse (11/8/21 to 11/17/21):

Click any photo to see whole gallery of pre-phase of this eclipse.

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More information on future solar and lunar eclipses can be found at timeanddate.com.

And more information on future eclipses, please visit NASA at:

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