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July 24, 1926 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Kiritimati, Christmas Island, Kiribati

Jul 24, 1926 at 6:19 pm
Max View in Kiritimati, Christmas Island
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Kiritimati, Christmas Island
Began: Sat, Jul 24, 1926 at 5:59 pm
Maximum: Sat, Jul 24, 1926 at 6:19 pm -0.597 Magnitude
Ended: Sat, Jul 24, 1926 at 7:37 pm
Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

July 24, 1926 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Kiritimati

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:02 pm Sat, Jul 24Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 111°
-13.6°
5:59 pm Sat, Jul 24RisingMoonrise 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 111°
-0.2°
6:19 pm Sat, Jul 24
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-southeast.		Map direction East-southeast 111°
4.0°
7:37 pm Sat, Jul 24
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-southeast 113°
21.1°

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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 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.

Cloud Coverage (Jul 24)

In the past, this day was cloudy 61% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  4. Partial Lunar Eclipse
  5. Penumbral 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 Kiritimati

Eclipse Visibility From KiritimatiVisibility Worldwide
May 2, 1920 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 27, 1920 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 21, 1921 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 13, 1922 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 2, 1923 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 25–26, 1923 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20, 1924 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 1924 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Jul 20, 1925 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Aug 3–4, 1925 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 9, 1926 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jul 24, 1926 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 18, 1926 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 14–15, 1927 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 9, 1927 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Dec 8, 1927 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 2–3, 1928 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 26–27, 1928 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 22–23, 1929 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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