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October 10, 2079 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Cairo, Egypt (Al Qâhirah)

Oct 10, 2079 at 8:29 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Cairo
Begins: Tue, Oct 10, 2079 at 6:25 pm
Maximum: Tue, Oct 10, 2079 at 8:29 pm 1.079 Magnitude
Ends: Tue, Oct 10, 2079 at 11:10 pm
Duration: 4 hours, 45 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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October 10, 2079 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Cairo

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:47 pm Tue, Oct 10Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 78°
-8.9°
6:25 pm Tue, Oct 10RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East 83°
-0.2°
6:49 pm Tue, Oct 10
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East.		Map direction East 85°
4.5°
8:07 pm Tue, Oct 10
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East 95°
20.9°
8:29 pm Tue, Oct 10
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East 97°
25.4°
8:50 pm Tue, Oct 10
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East 100°
29.8°
10:08 pm Tue, Oct 10
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-southeast 113°
45.8°
11:10 pm Tue, Oct 10
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Southeast 130°
57.3°

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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.

This total lunar eclipse is fully visible in Cairo. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (Oct 10)

In the past, this day was cloudy 28% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Cairo

Eclipse Visibility From CairoVisibility Worldwide
Oct 19–20, 2070 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 16, 2071 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 9, 2071 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 4, 2072 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2072 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Cairo, or the path map image for global details.

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