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December 17, 1918 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Douna Fèndouya, Sahel, Burkina Faso

Dec 17, 1918 at 7:05 pm
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Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Douna Fèndouya
Began: Tue, Dec 17, 1918 at 5:27 pm
Maximum: Tue, Dec 17, 1918 at 7:05 pm -0.168 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Dec 17, 1918 at 9:03 pm
Duration: 3 hours, 36 minutes

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December 17, 1918 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Douna Fèndouya

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:08 pm Tue, Dec 17Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 65°
-5.0°
5:27 pm Tue, Dec 17RisingMoonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends.Map direction East-northeast 66°
-0.2°
7:05 pm Tue, Dec 17
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-northeast 71°
20.6°
9:03 pm Tue, Dec 17
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-northeast 72°
46.8°

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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 (Dec 17)

In the past, this day was cloudy 15% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Douna Fèndouya

Eclipse Visibility From Douna FèndouyaVisibility Worldwide
May 24, 1910 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 16–17, 1910 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 13, 1911 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 6, 1911 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 1–2, 1912 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Apr 17, 1912 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Mar 12, 1914 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 7, 1914 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Jan 31, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 1, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 24, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20, 1916 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 15, 1916 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 8, 1917 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 4–5, 1917 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 3, 1918 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Dec 17, 1918 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 14–15, 1919 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 29, 1919 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Nov 7–8, 1919 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 22, 1919 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse

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