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January 31, 1915 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Cairo, Egypt (Al Qâhirah)

Jan 31, 1915 at 6:52 am
Near max in Cairo
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Cairo
Began: Sun, Jan 31, 1915 at 6:26 am
Maximum: Sun, Jan 31, 1915 at 6:53 am -1.000 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Jan 31, 1915 at 6:56 am
Duration: 30 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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January 31, 1915 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Cairo

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
6:26 am Sun, Jan 31
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.
Map direction West-northwest 288°
5.2°
6:53 am Sun, Jan 31
Maximum in Cairo This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Cairo. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Cairo 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 291°
0.2°
6:56 am Sun, Jan 31SettingMoonset Setting, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase makes the Moon so dim before it sets, that it might disappear from view some time before it sets.Map direction West-northwest 292°
-0.2°
6:57 am Sun, Jan 31Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 292°
-0.4°
7:28 am Sun, Jan 31Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 296°
-7.1°

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.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Cairo

Eclipse Visibility From CairoVisibility Worldwide
May 24, 1910 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 16–17, 1910 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 6, 1911 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 1–2, 1912 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Apr 17, 1912 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Mar 12, 1914 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 21, 1914 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 4, 1914 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 7, 1914 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Jan 31, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 1, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 24–25, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 15, 1916 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 8, 1917 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 23, 1917 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jul 4–5, 1917 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 17, 1918 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 15, 1919 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 7–8, 1919 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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