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November 9, 2003 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Nov 9, 2003 at 7:19 am
Near max in Chengdu
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Chengdu, Sichuan
Began: Sun, Nov 9, 2003 at 6:16 am
Maximum: Sun, Nov 9, 2003 at 7:20 am -0.174 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Nov 9, 2003 at 7:23 am
Duration: 1 hour, 6 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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November 9, 2003 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Chengdu

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
6:16 am Sun, Nov 9
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West 280°
12.6°
7:20 am Sun, Nov 9
Maximum in Chengdu This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Chengdu. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Chengdu 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 West-northwest for the best view of the eclipse.		Map direction West-northwest 288°
0.3°
7:23 am Sun, Nov 9SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West-northwest 288°
-0.2°
7:32 am Sun, Nov 9Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 289°
-1.7°
9:07 am Sun, Nov 9Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 303°
-20.1°
9:18 am Sun, Nov 9Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction Northwest 305°
-22.0°
9:29 am Sun, Nov 9Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction Northwest 307°
-23.8°
11:04 am Sun, Nov 9Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction North-northwest 327°
-36.9°
12:20 pm Sun, Nov 9Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction North 349°
-42.5°

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.

The total phase of this lunar eclipse was not visible in Chengdu, but it could be observed there as a penumbral lunar eclipse. 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 (Nov 9)

In the past, this day was cloudy 92% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  10. Magnitude of Eclipses
  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Chengdu

Eclipse Visibility From ChengduVisibility Worldwide
Jul 16–17, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 10, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 5–6, 2001 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30, 2001 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 26, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 11, 2002 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 25, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Nov 9, 2003 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 5, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Apr 24, 2005 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17, 2005 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 29, 2006 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 8, 2006 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 4, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 19, 2007 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2007 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 1, 2008 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 17, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 26, 2009 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 9–10, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 2009 Total Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 1, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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