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August 16, 2008 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Klaksvík, Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands

Aug 16, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Max View in Klaksvík, Faroe Islands
Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Klaksvík, Faroe Islands
Began: Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Maximum: Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 10:10 pm 0.807 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 12:55 am
Duration: 3 hours, 41 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

August 16–17, 2008 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Klaksvík

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
7:24 pm Sat, Aug 16Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 96°
-12.8°
8:36 pm Sat, Aug 16Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 111°
-4.8°
9:14 pm Sat, Aug 16RisingMoonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends.Map direction East-southeast 119°
-0.2°
10:10 pm Sat, Aug 16
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Southeast.		Map direction Southeast 131°
4.7°
11:44 pm Sat, Aug 16
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southeast 152°
11.4°
12:55 am Sun, Aug 17
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South 170°
14.2°

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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 Klaksvík. There were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared completely covered during this event. The Earth's shadow covered a large portion of the Moon, so this was still a nice sight.

Cloud Coverage (Aug 16–17)

In the past, this day was cloudy 89% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Klaksvík

Eclipse Visibility From KlaksvíkVisibility Worldwide
Jan 21, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30, 2001 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 19–20, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
May 16, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 31, 2003 Annular Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 8–9, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 4–5, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Oct 28, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 3, 2005 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Mar 14–15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 29, 2006 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 7, 2006 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3–4, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2008 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 1, 2008 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 6, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2009 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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