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December 17, 1918 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Sofia, Bulgaria

Dec 17, 1918 at 9:05 pm
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Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Sofia
Began: Tue, Dec 17, 1918 at 7:08 pm
Maximum: Tue, Dec 17, 1918 at 9:05 pm -0.168 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Dec 17, 1918 at 11:03 pm
Duration: 3 hours, 55 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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December 17, 1918 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Sofia

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
7:08 pm Tue, Dec 17
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East 81°
23.1°
9:05 pm Tue, Dec 17
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East 100°
43.8°
11:03 pm Tue, Dec 17
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Southeast 132°
62.6°

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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.

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 (Dec 17)

In the past, this day was cloudy 86% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Sofia

Eclipse Visibility From SofiaVisibility Worldwide
May 24, 1910 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 16–17, 1910 Total Lunar EclipseTotal 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
Aug 21, 1914 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Nov 7, 1914 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Jan 31, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 1, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 24–25, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 15, 1916 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 8, 1917 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 23, 1917 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jul 4–5, 1917 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 17, 1918 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 15, 1919 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 7–8, 1919 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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