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April 24, 2005 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Wanglaojia, Jiangsu, China

Apr 24, 2005 at 6:56 pm
Near max in Wanglaojia
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Wanglaojia, Jiangsu
Began: Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 6:53 pm
Maximum: Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 6:56 pm -0.390 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 7:57 pm
Duration: 1 hour, 4 minutes

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Location

April 24, 2005 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Wanglaojia

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
3:52 pm Sun, Apr 24Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 81°
-35.9°
5:54 pm Sun, Apr 24Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction East 99°
-12.0°
6:53 pm Sun, Apr 24RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East-southeast 107°
-0.2°
6:56 pm Sun, Apr 24
Maximum in Wanglaojia This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Wanglaojia. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Wanglaojia because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to East-southeast for the best view of the eclipse.		Map direction East-southeast 107°
0.2°
7:57 pm Sun, Apr 24
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-southeast 116°
11.0°

How to use altitude & direction to find in the sky

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

Cloud Coverage (Apr 24)

In the past, this day was cloudy 60% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Wanglaojia

Eclipse Visibility From WanglaojiaVisibility Worldwide
Jul 16–17, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 10, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 5–6, 2001 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30, 2001 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 26, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 11, 2002 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 25, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Nov 9, 2003 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 5, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Apr 24, 2005 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17, 2005 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 8, 2006 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 4, 2007 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 19, 2007 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 1, 2008 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 17, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 9–10, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 2009 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 1, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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