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November 8, 1984 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Nov 8, 1984 at 6:55 pm
Max View in Lagos, Lagos
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Lagos, Lagos
Began: Thu, Nov 8, 1984 at 6:24 pm
Maximum: Thu, Nov 8, 1984 at 6:55 pm -0.183 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Nov 8, 1984 at 9:09 pm
Duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

November 8, 1984 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Lagos

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Thu, Nov 8, 1984 at 4:36 pm WAT
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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Lagos. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (WAT) for Lagos.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:41 pm Thu, Nov 8Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 70°
-24.5°
6:24 pm Thu, Nov 8RisingMoonrise 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-northeast 74°
-0.2°
6:55 pm Thu, Nov 8
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast.		Map direction East-northeast 74°
6.6°
9:09 pm Thu, Nov 8
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-northeast 74°
37.9°

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 (Nov 8)

In the past, this day was cloudy 94% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

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  4. Partial Lunar Eclipse
  5. Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
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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 Lagos

Eclipse Visibility From LagosVisibility Worldwide
Feb 16, 1980 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Mar 1, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 27, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 26, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20, 1981 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 17, 1981 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 6, 1982 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 4, 1983 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Dec 20, 1983 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 15, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 30, 1984 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 8, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 4, 1985 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 28, 1985 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17, 1986 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 13, 1986 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Mar 29, 1987 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Apr 14, 1987 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 7, 1987 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 1988 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20, 1989 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 17, 1989 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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