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November 8, 2003 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Lisbon, Portugal (Lisboa)

Nov 9, 2003 at 1:18 am
Max View in Lisbon, Lisbon
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Lisbon, Lisbon
Began: Sat, Nov 8, 2003 at 10:16 pm
Maximum: Sun, Nov 9, 2003 at 1:18 am 1.018 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Nov 9, 2003 at 4:20 am
Duration: 6 hours, 3 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

November 8–9, 2003 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Lisbon

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
10:16 pm Sat, Nov 8
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East-southeast 123°
54.8°
11:32 pm Sat, Nov 8
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction South-southeast 153°
64.8°
1:07 am Sun, Nov 9
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction South-southwest 207°
64.9°
1:18 am Sun, Nov 9
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction South-southwest 213°
63.9°
1:29 am Sun, Nov 9
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction Southwest 218°
62.7°
3:04 am Sun, Nov 9
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 249°
48.1°
4:20 am Sun, Nov 9
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West 263°
34.2°

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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 Lisbon. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (Nov 8–9)

In the past, this day was cloudy 56% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

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  10. Magnitude of Eclipses
  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Lisbon

Eclipse Visibility From LisbonVisibility Worldwide
Jan 21, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 24, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 19–20, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
May 16, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 8–9, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 4–5, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Oct 28, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 3, 2005 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Mar 14–15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 29, 2006 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 7, 2006 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3–4, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2008 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 6, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2009 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Lisbon, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.

Other eclipses visible in Lisbon

Other eclipses worldwide

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