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February 21, 2008 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Saint-Pierre, Réunion (French)

Feb 21, 2008 at 6:01 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse, in Saint-Pierre
Began: Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:36 am
Maximum: Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 6:01 am 0.273 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 6:11 am
Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

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February 21, 2008 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Saint-Pierre

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:36 am Thu, Feb 21
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West-northwest 291°
19.6°
5:43 am Thu, Feb 21
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.		Map direction West-northwest 284°
5.4°
6:01 am Thu, Feb 21
Maximum in Saint-Pierre This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Saint-Pierre. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Saint-Pierre because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.		Map direction West-northwest 282°
1.6°
6:11 am Thu, Feb 21SettingMoonset Setting, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase makes the Moon so dim before it sets, that it might disappear from view some time before it sets.Map direction West-northwest 281°
-0.2°
7:01 am Thu, Feb 21Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction West 277°
-11.9°
7:26 am Thu, Feb 21Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction West 275°
-17.4°
7:50 am Thu, Feb 21Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 272°
-22.9°
9:08 am Thu, Feb 21Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 265°
-40.2°
10:15 am Thu, Feb 21Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-southwest 256°
-54.8°

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 Saint-Pierre, but it could be observed there as a partial lunar eclipse.

Cloud Coverage (Feb 21)

In the past, this day was cloudy 66% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Saint-Pierre

Eclipse Visibility From Saint-PierreVisibility Worldwide
Jul 16, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9–10, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 21, 2001 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jul 5, 2001 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
May 26, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 25, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 20, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 4, 2002 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
May 16, 2003 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 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 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 3, 2005 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Mar 15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 7–8, 2006 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 22, 2006 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Mar 4, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 26, 2009 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 9, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 6, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2009–Jan 1, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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Next annular eclipse visible in Saint-Pierre

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