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August 16, 1951 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Havana, Cuba (La Habana)

Aug 16, 1951 at 10:14 pm
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Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Havana
Began: Thu, Aug 16, 1951 at 9:27 pm
Maximum: Thu, Aug 16, 1951 at 10:14 pm -0.846 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Aug 16, 1951 at 11:00 pm
Duration: 1 hour, 34 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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August 16, 1951 — 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
9:27 pm Thu, Aug 16
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction Southeast 125°
29.4°
10:14 pm Thu, Aug 16
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southeast 134°
37.6°
11:00 pm Thu, Aug 16
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Southeast 145°
44.5°

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.

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 (Aug 16)

In the past, this day was cloudy 43% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Havana

Eclipse Visibility From HavanaVisibility Worldwide
Sep 25–26, 1950 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 7, 1951 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Mar 23, 1951 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 16, 1951 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 1, 1951 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Sep 15, 1951 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Feb 10, 1952 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 20, 1952 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jan 29, 1953 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 26, 1953 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 14, 1953 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Jan 18–19, 1954 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 30, 1954 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jul 15, 1954 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 8, 1955 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 17–18, 1956 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 13, 1957 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 7, 1957 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 3, 1958 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 3, 1958 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 16, 1959 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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