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July 27, 2018 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Saint-Pierre, Réunion (French)

Jul 28, 2018 at 12:21 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Saint-Pierre
Began: Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 9:14 pm
Maximum: Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 12:21 am 1.608 Magnitude
Ended: Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 3:28 am
Duration: 6 hours, 14 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

July 27–28, 2018 — 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
9:14 pm Fri, Jul 27
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East 95°
46.4°
10:24 pm Fri, Jul 27
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East 90°
62.2°
11:30 pm Fri, Jul 27
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East 81°
77.2°
12:21 am Sat, Jul 28
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction North-northeast 15°
87.5°
1:13 am Sat, Jul 28
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction West 280°
78.5°
2:19 am Sat, Jul 28
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West 270°
63.5°
3:28 am Sat, Jul 28
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West 265°
47.6°

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

Cloud Coverage (Jul 27–28)

In the past, this day was cloudy 34% 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 Saint-Pierre

Eclipse Visibility From Saint-PierreVisibility Worldwide
Jan 15, 2010 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 26, 2010 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 15–16, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 6, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 28, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 25–26, 2013 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Oct 19, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 3, 2013 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Apr 4, 2015 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 13, 2015 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Sep 28, 2015 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 2016 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Sep 1, 2016 Annular Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Sep 16–17, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Feb 11, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 7–8, 2017 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31, 2018 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 27–28, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 16–17, 2019 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit

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

Other eclipses visible in Saint-Pierre

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