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February 21, 2008 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Astrakhan, Russia

Feb 21, 2008 at 6:26 am
Max View in Astrakhan, Astrakhan
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Astrakhan, Astrakhan
Began: Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 3:36 am
Maximum: Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 6:26 am 1.106 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 6:45 am
Duration: 3 hours, 9 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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February 21, 2008 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Astrakhan

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
3:36 am Thu, Feb 21
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West-southwest 251°
31.0°
4:43 am Thu, Feb 21
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction West 264°
19.8°
6:01 am Thu, Feb 21
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.		Map direction West 277°
6.6°
6:26 am Thu, Feb 21
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.		Map direction West-northwest 281°
2.6°
6:45 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 285°
-0.2°
6:50 am Thu, Feb 21Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 286°
-1.0°
8:08 am Thu, Feb 21Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 300°
-13.9°
9:15 am Thu, Feb 21Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction Northwest 313°
-23.1°

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

Cloud Coverage (Feb 21)

In the past, this day was cloudy 80% 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 Astrakhan

Eclipse Visibility From AstrakhanVisibility Worldwide
Jan 21, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 16, 2000 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9–10, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 5, 2001 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 25, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 20, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
May 16, 2003 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 31, 2003 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar 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 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 3, 2005 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Oct 17, 2005 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 29, 2006 Total Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 7–8, 2006 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3–4, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 19, 2007 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2008 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 1, 2008 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 9, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 2009 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 6, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2009–Jan 1, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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