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August 17, 1989 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Aug 17, 1989 at 4:08 am
Max View in Lagos, Lagos
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Lagos, Lagos
Began: Thu, Aug 17, 1989 at 1:24 am
Maximum: Thu, Aug 17, 1989 at 4:08 am 1.598 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Aug 17, 1989 at 6:50 am
Duration: 5 hours, 26 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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August 17, 1989 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Lagos

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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
1:24 am Thu, Aug 17
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southwest 205°
66.7°
2:21 am Thu, Aug 17
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southwest 228°
58.5°
3:20 am Thu, Aug 17
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction West-southwest 241°
46.7°
4:08 am Thu, Aug 17
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West-southwest 247°
36.3°
4:56 am Thu, Aug 17
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 251°
25.5°
5:55 am Thu, Aug 17
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 254°
12.0°
6:50 am Thu, Aug 17SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West-southwest 256°
-0.2°
6:51 am Thu, Aug 17Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-southwest 257°
-0.6°

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.

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

Cloud Coverage (Aug 17)

In the past, this day was cloudy 99% 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 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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