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August 8, 1998 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Vilnius, Lithuania

Aug 8, 1998 at 4:25 am
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Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Vilnius
Began: Sat, Aug 8, 1998 at 3:36 am
Maximum: Sat, Aug 8, 1998 at 4:25 am -0.864 Magnitude
Ended: Sat, Aug 8, 1998 at 4:56 am
Duration: 1 hour, 19 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

August 8, 1998 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Vilnius

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
3:36 am Sat, Aug 8
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 Southwest.		Map direction Southwest 227°
8.2°
4:25 am Sat, Aug 8
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-southwest.		Map direction West-southwest 237°
3.1°
4:56 am Sat, Aug 8SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West-southwest 243°
-0.2°
5:13 am Sat, Aug 8Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-southwest 247°
-2.1°

How to use altitude & direction to find in the sky

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 (Aug 8)

In the past, this day was cloudy 67% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Vilnius

Eclipse Visibility From VilniusVisibility Worldwide
Feb 9–10, 1990 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 1990 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 30, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 26, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 9–10, 1992 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 21, 1993 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Nov 29, 1993 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 10, 1994 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
May 25, 1994 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 18, 1994 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 1995 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 4, 1996 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 27, 1996 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 12, 1996 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Mar 24, 1997 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 16–17, 1997 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 13, 1998 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 8, 1998 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31, 1999 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 11, 1999 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse

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