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February 20, 1970 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Kiritimati, Christmas Island, Kiribati

Feb 20, 1970 at 9:50 pm
Max View in Kiritimati, Christmas Island
Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Kiritimati, Christmas Island
Began: Fri, Feb 20, 1970 at 7:20 pm
Maximum: Fri, Feb 20, 1970 at 9:50 pm 0.046 Magnitude
Ended: Sat, Feb 21, 1970 at 12:19 am
Duration: 4 hours, 59 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

February 20–21, 1970 — Partial 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
7:20 pm Fri, Feb 20
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East-northeast 77°
19.2°
9:23 pm Fri, Feb 20
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East-northeast 74°
48.6°
9:50 pm Fri, Feb 20
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-northeast 72°
54.8°
10:16 pm Fri, Feb 20
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 69°
60.9°
12:19 am Sat, Feb 21
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction North-northwest 343°
80.5°

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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.

During this partial lunar eclipse, the Earth's shadow covered only parts of the Moon, as seen from Kiritimati. There were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared completely covered during this event. The Earth's shadow covered only a small portion of the Moon.

Cloud Coverage (Feb 20–21)

In the past, this day was cloudy 73% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  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 Kiritimati

Eclipse Visibility From KiritimatiVisibility Worldwide
Feb 20–21, 1970 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 7, 1970 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
May 8, 1970 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Aug 16, 1970 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 31, 1970 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 9–10, 1971 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 29–30, 1972 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 25, 1972 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 15, 1973 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 29, 1974 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 24, 1975 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 3, 1977 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 26, 1977 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 12, 1977 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Mar 24, 1978 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 5–6, 1979 Total Lunar EclipseTotal 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

Other eclipses worldwide

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