May 16, 2003 Total Lunar Eclipse in Bokopi, Lobaye, Central African Republic

May 16, 2003 at 4:40 am

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Global Event:	Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type:	Total Lunar Eclipse, in Bokopi
Began:	Fri, May 16, 2003 at 2:06 am
Maximum:	Fri, May 16, 2003 at 4:40 am 1.127 Magnitude
Ended:	Fri, May 16, 2003 at 5:39 am
Duration:	3 hours, 33 minutes
All times shown on this page are local time.

May 16, 2003 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Bokopi

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

Time	Phase	Event	Direction	Altitude
2:06 am Fri, May 16		Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.	238°	46.5°
3:03 am Fri, May 16		Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.	244°	34.4°
4:14 am Fri, May 16		Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.	248°	18.5°
4:40 am Fri, May 16		Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.	249°	12.7°
5:05 am Fri, May 16		Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-southwest.	250°	7.0°
5:39 am Fri, May 16	Setting	Moonset Setting	251°	-0.2°
6:17 am Fri, May 16	Not directly visible	Partial Eclipse ends Below horizon	251°	-9.3°
7:13 am Fri, May 16	Not directly visible	Penumbral Eclipse ends Below horizon	250°	-22.0°

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

In the past, this day was cloudy 72% of the time (since 2000).

Eclipse Visibility From Bokopi		Visibility Worldwide
	Jan 21, 2000 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Jan 9, 2001 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Jun 21, 2001 Partial Solar Eclipse	Total Solar Eclipse
	Jul 5, 2001 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Jun 24, 2002 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Nov 20, 2002 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Dec 4, 2002 Partial Solar Eclipse	Total Solar Eclipse
	May 7, 2003 Mercury Transit	Mercury Transit
	May 16, 2003 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Nov 8–9, 2003 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	May 4–5, 2004 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Jun 8, 2004 Venus Transit	Venus Transit
	Oct 28, 2004 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Oct 3, 2005 Partial Solar Eclipse	Annular Solar Eclipse
	Mar 14–15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Mar 29, 2006 Partial Solar Eclipse	Total Solar Eclipse
	Sep 7, 2006 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Mar 3–4, 2007 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Feb 21, 2008 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Aug 16–17, 2008 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Aug 6, 2009 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Dec 31, 2009 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
Note: Click on the date link for details in Bokopi, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.