Astronomical phenomena

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on January 10, 2020.

A Penumbral lunar eclipse will occur on Friday January 10, 2020. At the maximum of the eclipse 90% of the disk of the Moon will be partially covered by the Earth's penumbra. The eclipse will have three main phases and will last 4 hours and 04 minutes in total and will mainly interest Africa, Europe, Asia, Alaska and Australia.

Eclipse phases  Local time 

Penumbral eclipse began:

18:07

Maximum eclipse:

20:09

Penumbral eclipse ended:

22:12

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on January 10, 2020.
Fig 1: Different phases of the Penumbral lunar eclipse of January 10, 2020.

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on June 5, 2020

A penumbra lunar eclipse will occur on Friday June 5, 2020. At the maximum of the eclipse 57% of the disk of the Moon will be partially covered by the Earth's penumbra. At the maximum of the eclipse the apparent diameter of the moon will 3.3% larger than the average.

The Eclipse will have three main phases and will last a total of 3 hours and 18 minutes and will mainly interest Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Eclipse phases  Local time 

Penumbral eclipse began:

18:45

Maximum eclipse:

20:25

Penumbral eclipse ended:

22:04

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on June 5, 2020
Fig 2: Different phases of the Penumbral lunar eclipse of June 5, 2020.

An annular eclipse of the Sun occurs on Sunday 21 June, 2020 . A large annular eclipse will cover over 99% of the Sun, creating a dramatic spectacle for observers in a narrow path at most 21 km wide; it will last 38 seconds at the point of maximum eclipse.

The eclipse will be seen from mid Africa, across the Middle East, northern India and south-east Asia. The partial eclipse will be visible over western Africa, the Middle East, and south and east Asia.

Eclipse phases  Local time 

Partial eclipse begins:

04:45

Annular eclipse begins:

05:47

Maximum eclipse:

07:39

Annular eclipse ends:

09:32

Partial eclipse ends:

10:33

Annular solar  eclipse on June, 21 2020
Fig 3: General map of the Annular eclipse of June 21, 2020

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on July 5, 2020

A penumbra lunar eclipse will occur on sunday July 5, 2020. At the maximum of the eclipse 35% of the disk of the Moon will be partially covered by the Earth's penumbra. The eclipse will have three main phases and will last 2 hours and 45 minutes in total and will mainly interest l’Amériques, le sud-ouest de l'Europe et l'Afrique de l'Ouest.

At maximum eclipse the Moon’s  apparent diameter will be 0.5% larger than average.

Eclipse phases  Local time 

Penumbral eclipse began:

04:07

Maximum eclipse:

05:30

Penumbral eclipse ended:

06:52

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on July 5, 2020
Fig 4: Different phases of the Penumbral lunar eclipse of July 5, 2020.

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on November  30 2020

A penumbra lunar eclipse will occur on Monday November  30 2020. At the maximum of the eclipse 83% of the disk of the Moon will be partially covered by the Earth's penumbra. The eclipse will have three main phases and will last 4 hours and 21 minutes in total and will mainly interest east Asia, Australia, and the Americas.

At maximum eclipse the Moon’s apparent diameter will be  5.2% smaller than average.

Eclipse phases  Local time 

Penumbral eclipse began:

08:32

Maximum eclipse:

10:42

Penumbral eclipse ended:

12:53

Fig 5: Different phases of the Penumbral lunar eclipse of November 30, 2020.

Fig 5: Different phases of the Penumbral lunar eclipse of November 30, 2020.

Total solar eclipse on December 14, 2020.

A total solar eclipse will occur on Monday December 14, 2020.  The total phase will plunge the Sun into darkness for 2 minutes and 10 seconds at maximum, for observers on a path up to 90 km wide.

The total phase  will be visible from the Pacific to the Atlantic via Chile and Argentina. The partial phase will be visible over southern South America.

During this eclipse, the Sun‘s apparent diameter  will be 1.6% larger than the average. The Moon’ s apparent diameter quite large than the average.

The Eclipse will have five main phases and will last a total of 5 hours and 20minutes.

Eclipse phases  Local time 

Partial eclipse begins:

14:33

Total eclipse begins:

15:32

Maximum eclipse:

17:13

Total eclipse ends:

18:54

Partial eclipse ends:

19:53

Total solar eclipse on December 14, 2020.
Fig 6: General map of the Total eclipse of December 14 , 2020