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March 3, 2007 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Tehran, Iran

Mar 4, 2007 at 2:50 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Tehran
Began: Sat, Mar 3, 2007 at 11:48 pm
Maximum: Sun, Mar 4, 2007 at 2:50 am 1.233 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Mar 4, 2007 at 5:53 am
Duration: 6 hours, 6 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

March 3–4, 2007 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Tehran

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
11:48 pm Sat, Mar 3
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southeast 167°
61.0°
1:00 am Sun, Mar 4
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction South-southwest 203°
59.3°
2:14 am Sun, Mar 4
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction Southwest 230°
50.0°
2:50 am Sun, Mar 4
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West-southwest 240°
43.9°
3:27 am Sun, Mar 4
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 247°
37.2°
4:41 am Sun, Mar 4
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West 260°
22.9°
5:53 am Sun, Mar 4
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.		Map direction West 270°
8.5°

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

Cloud Coverage (Mar 3–4)

In the past, this day was cloudy 60% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

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  4. Partial Lunar Eclipse
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  7. Blood Moon - Total Lunar Eclipse
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  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Tehran

Eclipse Visibility From TehranVisibility Worldwide
Jan 21, 2000 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 16, 2000 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9–10, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 5, 2001 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 25, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 20, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
May 16, 2003 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 31, 2003 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 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
Oct 17, 2005 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 29, 2006 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 7–8, 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
Feb 9, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 2009 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 6, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2009–Jan 1, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

Next annular eclipse visible in Tehran

Other eclipses visible in Tehran

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