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September 8, 2006 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Sep 8, 2006 at 2:51 am
Max View in Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality
Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality
Began: Fri, Sep 8, 2006 at 12:44 am
Maximum: Fri, Sep 8, 2006 at 2:51 am 0.183 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Sep 8, 2006 at 4:58 am
Duration: 4 hours, 14 minutes

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September 8, 2006 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Shanghai

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
12:44 am Fri, Sep 8
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southwest 201°
48.6°
2:05 am Fri, Sep 8
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southwest 225°
39.4°
2:51 am Fri, Sep 8
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southwest 236°
32.3°
3:36 am Fri, Sep 8
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 244°
24.2°
4:58 am Fri, Sep 8
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-southwest.		Map direction West-southwest 256°
8.5°

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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 Shanghai. There were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared completely covered during this event. The Earth's shadow covered only a small portion of the Moon.

Cloud Coverage (Sep 8)

In the past, this day was cloudy 81% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Shanghai

Eclipse Visibility From ShanghaiVisibility 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
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
Sep 8, 2006 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 4, 2007 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 19, 2007 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2007 Total 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

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

Next total solar eclipse visible in Shanghai

Other eclipses visible in Shanghai

Other eclipses worldwide

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