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March 3, 1988 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Brussels, Belgium

Mar 3, 1988 at 6:27 pm
Max View in Brussels, Brussels
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Brussels, Brussels
Began: Thu, Mar 3, 1988 at 6:23 pm
Maximum: Thu, Mar 3, 1988 at 6:27 pm -0.335 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Mar 3, 1988 at 7:39 pm
Duration: 1 hour, 16 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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March 3, 1988 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Brussels

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Brussels. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (CET) for Brussels.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
2:45 pm Thu, Mar 3Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction North-northeast 31°
-27.1°
5:12 pm Thu, Mar 3Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 65°
-10.9°
6:23 pm Thu, Mar 3RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East 78°
-0.2°
6:27 pm Thu, Mar 3
Maximum in Brussels This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Brussels. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Brussels 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 for the best view of the eclipse.		Map direction East 79°
0.2°
7:39 pm Thu, Mar 3
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East 93°
10.7°

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.

During this penumbral lunar eclipse, the Earth's main shadow did not cover the Moon. As the Earth's shadow (umbra) misses the Moon during a penumbral lunar eclipse, there were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared partially or totally eclipsed during this event. A penumbral lunar eclipse can be a bit hard to see as the shadowed part is only a little bit fainter than the rest of the Moon.

Cloud Coverage (Mar 3)

In the past, this day was cloudy 83% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

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  4. Partial Lunar Eclipse
  5. Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
  6. Can I See a Lunar Eclipse?
  7. Blood Moon - Total Lunar Eclipse
  8. Eclipse Seasons
  9. What Is a Tetrad?
  10. Magnitude of Eclipses
  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Brussels

Eclipse Visibility From BrusselsVisibility Worldwide
Mar 1, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 27, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 26, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20, 1981 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 17, 1981 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 20, 1982 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Dec 15, 1982 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Dec 4, 1983 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Dec 20, 1983 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 15, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 30, 1984 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 8, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 4–5, 1985 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 28, 1985 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17, 1986 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 14, 1987 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 7, 1987 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 1988 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20, 1989 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 17, 1989 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Brussels, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.

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