Total Lunar Eclipse of 2019

This morning at 5:12:14 UTC Time, 6:12:14 local time in Alcala de Guadaíra, took place the Total Lunar Eclipse of 2019 which lasted 5 hours, 12 minutes, starting with the penumbral phase at 2:36:29 UTC, ending at 7:48:02 UTC, 8:48:02 local time on the 21th of January of 2019 and there won’t be another total eclipse of the moon visible in Spain until May of 2022, however the next event of this kind will be on November of 2021.

The duration of the full eclipse was 1 hour and 2 minutes and a magnitude of 1.195. The American continent was best placed to enjoy the eclipse better than everywhere else on the planet. Total eclipses of the Moon happen always at Full Moon when the the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned forming a line, the shadow is divided into three parts, the umbra, which is the darker, central part, the penumbra, the outer part and the antumbra, the partly shaded area beyond the umbra.