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July 16, 1962 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Kiritimati, Christmas Island, Kiribati

Jul 17, 1962 at 1:14 am
Max View in Kiritimati, Christmas Island
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Kiritimati, Christmas Island
Began: Mon, Jul 16, 1962 at 11:50 pm
Maximum: Tue, Jul 17, 1962 at 1:14 am -0.584 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Jul 17, 1962 at 2:38 am
Duration: 2 hours, 48 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

July 16–17, 1962 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Kiritimati

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Mon, Jul 16, 1962 at 11:45 pm LINT
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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
11:50 pm Mon, Jul 16
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South 179°
67.8°
1:14 am Tue, Jul 17
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southwest 220°
60.3°
2:38 am Tue, Jul 17
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West-southwest 239°
44.4°

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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 16–17)

In the past, this day was cloudy 52% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

  1. When Is the Next Lunar Eclipse?
  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
  8. Eclipse Seasons
  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
Mar 12–13, 1960 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 4–5, 1960 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 7, 1960 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Mar 1–2, 1961 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 25, 1961 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 4, 1962 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Feb 19, 1962 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 16–17, 1962 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 29–30, 1963 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 18, 1964 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 30, 1965 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Dec 8, 1965 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 28–29, 1966 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 23–24, 1967 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17–18, 1967 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 12, 1968 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 5–6, 1968 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 26–27, 1969 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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

Next total solar eclipse visible in Kiritimati

Other eclipses visible in Kiritimati

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