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February 10, 2017 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Tallulah Falls, Georgia, USA

Feb 10, 2017 at 7:43 pm
Max View in Tallulah Falls, Georgia
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Tallulah Falls, Georgia
Began: Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 6:06 pm
Maximum: Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 7:43 pm -0.036 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 9:53 pm
Duration: 3 hours, 47 minutes

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February 10, 2017 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Tallulah Falls

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:34 pm Fri, Feb 10Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 69°
-6.8°
6:06 pm Fri, Feb 10RisingMoonrise 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 73°
-0.2°
7:43 pm Fri, Feb 10
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East 87°
18.1°
9:53 pm Fri, Feb 10
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-southeast 107°
43.6°

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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 (Feb 10)

In the past, this day was cloudy 54% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Tallulah Falls

Eclipse Visibility From Tallulah FallsVisibility Worldwide
Jun 26, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 21, 2010 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10, 2011 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 20, 2012 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 4, 2012 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 5, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 28, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 24–25, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 18, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 3, 2013 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Apr 15, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 23, 2014 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Apr 4, 2015 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 27–28, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 23, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 2016 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Feb 10, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 21, 2017 Total Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 31, 2018 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20–21, 2019 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit

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