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November 27, 1928 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Tarawa, Kiribati

Nov 27, 1928 at 9:01 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Tarawa
Began: Tue, Nov 27, 1928 at 6:26 pm
Maximum: Tue, Nov 27, 1928 at 9:01 pm 1.148 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Nov 27, 1928 at 11:35 pm
Duration: 5 hours, 9 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

November 27, 1928 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Tarawa

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Tue, Nov 27, 1928 at 6:21 pm GILT
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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Tarawa. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (GILT) for Tarawa.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
6:26 pm Tue, Nov 27
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast.		Map direction East-northeast 68°
3.9°
7:24 pm Tue, Nov 27
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East-northeast 68°
16.6°
8:34 pm Tue, Nov 27
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East-northeast 65°
32.0°
9:01 pm Tue, Nov 27
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-northeast 63°
38.0°
9:28 pm Tue, Nov 27
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 60°
43.8°
10:38 pm Tue, Nov 27
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction Northeast 48°
57.6°
11:35 pm Tue, Nov 27
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction North-northeast 27°
66.2°

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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.

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

Cloud Coverage (Nov 27)

In the past, this day was cloudy 75% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Tarawa

Eclipse Visibility From TarawaVisibility Worldwide
Oct 27–28, 1920 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 22, 1921 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 13–14, 1922 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 26–27, 1923 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 1924 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 8, 1924 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Aug 15, 1924 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 21, 1925 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Aug 4–5, 1925 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 10, 1926 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Dec 19, 1926 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 4, 1927 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 15, 1927 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 10, 1927 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Dec 9, 1927 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 3–4, 1928 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 27, 1928 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 23–24, 1929 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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

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