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October 17, 1948 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Havana, Cuba (La Habana)

Oct 17, 1948 at 9:35 pm
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Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Havana
Began: Sun, Oct 17, 1948 at 7:15 pm
Maximum: Sun, Oct 17, 1948 at 9:35 pm -0.057 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Oct 17, 1948 at 11:55 pm
Duration: 4 hours, 40 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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October 17, 1948 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Havana

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
7:15 pm Sun, Oct 17
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East 88°
16.8°
9:35 pm Sun, Oct 17
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-southeast 103°
48.2°
11:55 pm Sun, Oct 17
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South-southeast 155°
74.6°

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 (Oct 17)

In the past, this day was cloudy 60% of the time (since 2000).

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

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Havana

Eclipse Visibility From HavanaVisibility Worldwide
Apr 7, 1940 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Apr 21–22, 1940 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 1, 1940 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Oct 16, 1940 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 1940 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Mar 13, 1941 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 2, 1942 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 25–26, 1942 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 19–20, 1943 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 25, 1944 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Feb 8–9, 1944 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 5–6, 1944 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 4, 1944 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 9, 1945 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Dec 18–19, 1945 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 23, 1946 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Nov 12, 1947 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 28, 1947 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17, 1948 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 12–13, 1949 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 6–7, 1949 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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

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