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December 21, 2010 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Manila, Philippines

Dec 21, 2010 at 5:40 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse, in Manila
Began: Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Maximum: Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 5:40 pm 0.331 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Duration: 1 hour, 33 minutes

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December 21, 2010 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Manila

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
1:29 pm Tue, Dec 21Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction North-northeast 33°
-44.9°
2:32 pm Tue, Dec 21Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction Northeast 46°
-35.5°
3:40 pm Tue, Dec 21Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction Northeast 56°
-23.3°
4:16 pm Tue, Dec 21Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 59°
-16.2°
4:53 pm Tue, Dec 21Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 62°
-8.8°
5:31 pm Tue, Dec 21RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East-northeast 65°
-0.2°
5:40 pm Tue, Dec 21
Maximum in Manila This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Manila. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Manila because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.		Map direction East-northeast 66°
1.4°
6:01 pm Tue, Dec 21
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast.		Map direction East-northeast 67°
5.7°
7:04 pm Tue, Dec 21
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-northeast 69°
19.3°

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.

The total phase of this lunar eclipse was not visible in Manila, but it could be observed there as a partial lunar eclipse.

Cloud Coverage (Dec 21)

In the past, this day was cloudy 80% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Manila

Eclipse Visibility From ManilaVisibility Worldwide
Jan 15, 2010 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 26, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 21, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 16, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10–11, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 21, 2012 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 4, 2012 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 6, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 28–29, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 26, 2013 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Apr 15, 2014 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 4, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 9, 2016 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Mar 23, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 17, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 7–8, 2017 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31–Feb 1, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 28, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 17, 2019 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 26, 2019 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse

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