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October 28, 2023 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria

Oct 28, 2023 at 9:14 pm
Max View in Port Harcourt, Rivers
Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Port Harcourt, Rivers
Began: Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 7:01 pm
Maximum: Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 9:14 pm 0.122 Magnitude
Ended: Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 11:26 pm
Duration: 4 hours, 25 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

October 28, 2023 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Port Harcourt

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
7:01 pm Sat, Oct 28
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East-northeast 77°
12.9°
8:35 pm Sat, Oct 28
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East-northeast 76°
35.0°
9:14 pm Sat, Oct 28
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-northeast 74°
44.0°
9:52 pm Sat, Oct 28
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 72°
53.0°
11:26 pm Sat, Oct 28
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Northeast 51°
73.6°

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 Port Harcourt. 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.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Port Harcourt

Eclipse Visibility From Port HarcourtVisibility Worldwide
Mar 14, 2025 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 7, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 6, 2027 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Port Harcourt, or the path map image for global details.

Next total solar eclipse visible in Port Harcourt

Next annular eclipse visible in Port Harcourt

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