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August 16, 2008 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Praia, Cabo Verde

Aug 16, 2008 at 8:10 pm
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Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse, in Praia
Began: Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Maximum: Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 8:10 pm 0.807 Magnitude
Ended: Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Duration: 4 hours, 6 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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August 16, 2008 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Praia

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:24 pm Sat, Aug 16Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 99°
-20.3°
6:36 pm Sat, Aug 16Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 102°
-3.8°
6:49 pm Sat, Aug 16RisingMoonrise 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-southeast 103°
-0.2°
8:10 pm Sat, Aug 16
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-southeast 109°
17.4°
9:44 pm Sat, Aug 16
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-southeast 119°
37.8°
10:55 pm Sat, Aug 16
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Southeast 134°
51.5°

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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 partial lunar eclipse, the Earth's shadow covered only parts of the Moon, as seen from Praia. There were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared completely covered during this event. The Earth's shadow covered a large portion of the Moon, so this was still a nice sight.

Cloud Coverage (Aug 16)

In the past, this day was cloudy 89% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Praia

Eclipse Visibility From PraiaVisibility Worldwide
Jan 21, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 24, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 19–20, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
May 16, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 8–9, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 4, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Oct 27–28, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 3, 2005 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Mar 14–15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 29, 2006 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 7, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 22, 2006 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 8, 2006 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Mar 3–4, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 2008 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 16, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 5–6, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2009 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

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