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August 28, 2007 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia

Aug 28, 2007 at 6:35 pm
Near max in Medan
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Medan, North Sumatra
Began: Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Maximum: Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 6:34 pm 0.813 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Duration: 1 hour, 49 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

August 28, 2007 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Medan

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
2:53 pm Tue, Aug 28Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 102°
-52.3°
3:51 pm Tue, Aug 28Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 100°
-38.8°
4:52 pm Tue, Aug 28Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 99°
-24.4°
5:37 pm Tue, Aug 28Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction East 99°
-13.8°
6:22 pm Tue, Aug 28Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction East 99°
-2.3°
6:31 pm Tue, Aug 28RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East 99°
-0.2°
6:34 pm Tue, Aug 28
Maximum in Medan This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Medan. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Medan 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 East for the best view of the eclipse.		Map direction East 99°
0.2°
7:23 pm Tue, Aug 28
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East 100°
11.5°
8:20 pm Tue, Aug 28
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-southeast 102°
25.2°

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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.

The total phase of this lunar eclipse was not visible in Medan, but it could be observed there as a partial lunar eclipse. The Earth's shadow covered a large portion of the Moon, so this was still a nice sight.

Cloud Coverage (Aug 28)

In the past, this day was cloudy 95% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  2. Total Lunar Eclipse
  3. Why Does the Moon Turn Red?
  4. Partial Lunar Eclipse
  5. Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
  6. Can I See a Lunar Eclipse?
  7. Blood Moon - Total Lunar Eclipse
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  9. What Is a Tetrad?
  10. Magnitude of Eclipses
  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Medan

Eclipse Visibility From MedanVisibility Worldwide
Jul 16–17, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 10, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 5–6, 2001 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30, 2001 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 26, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 25, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Nov 9, 2003 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 5, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Apr 24, 2005 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 3, 2005 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Oct 17, 2005 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 7–8, 2006 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 4, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2007 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 1, 2008 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 17, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 26, 2009 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 9, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 2009 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 6, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 1, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

Next total solar eclipse visible in Medan

Next annular eclipse visible in Medan

Other eclipses visible in Medan

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