The Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of November 30th, 2020

This fourth -- and last -- lunar eclipse in 2020 is a penumbral lunar eclipse, the November 30th, 2020 penumbral lunar eclipse. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon is gliding inside the 'penumbra' of the Earth only, instead of the darker 'umbra.' for more about Moon eclipses, theoretically, see our tutorial: Moon Eclipses. A penumbral Moon eclipse, generally, is less spectacular than a total or partial one, as the dimming of the Moon may be harder to observe. It's a good show, worth the observation however. The November 30th, 2020 penumbral lunar eclipse will have the Moon gliding into the South of the Earth's penumbra. That will concern a great part of the lunar disk which thus, will be well affected by the penumbra. Only the southernmost regions of the Moon should keep clearly lightened

The whole of the eclipse is observable in a area extending from Russian Far East and a part of Japan to North America with most of the Pacific ocean concerned, its southeastern part excepted. Like usual either side on that area, a one will have the eclipse already en cours at moonrise and a other, the eclipse interrupted by moonset. The first case applies to a area running from central Russia to Australia and southern New Zealand via eastern Asia, as the second to a area running from parts of Scandinavia and U.K to the whole of South America as a part of West Indies will be also concerned. No eclipse is seen at all from Europe and European Russia to Africa, most of the southern Atlantic ocean, the Middle East, a part of India and a good part of the Indian ocean. for more about how to observe a lunar eclipse, see our tutorial 'Observing a Moon Eclipse'

Main Data for the penumbral lunar eclipse of November 30th, 2020 (data as of November 2019; EclipseWise.com site):
- umbral magnitude (fraction of Moon's diameter immersed in the penumbra at greatest): -0.2620
- greatest eclipse: 09:42:49.0 UT
- eclipse duration (penumbral): 04h20m59s
- eclipse duration (umbral): -
- eclipse contacts (P1, time of first exterior tangency of Moon with penumbra, beginning of penumbral eclipse; P4, time of last exterior tangency of Moon with penumbra, end of penumbral eclipse; no U1, U4 (which exist for a partial eclipse only) nor U2, U3 (for a total eclipse only); in UT): P1 at 07:32:21 UT, P4 at 11:53:20 UT

see a .pdf map for the penumbral lunar eclipse of November 30th, 2020 (Moon's path into Earth's penumbra and eclipse's visibility worldwide). map courtesy EclipseWise.com

. for more about this eclipse and for more about solar and lunar eclipses generally, you may see at NASA Eclipse Web Site or at Eclipse Wise, Espenak's new personal website