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August 17, 2008 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Seoul, South Korea

Aug 17, 2008 at 5:48 am
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Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse, in Seoul
Began: Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 3:24 am
Maximum: Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 5:48 am 0.750 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 5:53 am
Duration: 2 hours, 28 minutes

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August 17, 2008 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Seoul

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
3:24 am Sun, Aug 17
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction Southwest 227°
23.7°
4:36 am Sun, Aug 17
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction West-southwest 241°
12.7°
5:48 am Sun, Aug 17
Maximum in Seoul This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Seoul. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Seoul because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to West-southwest for the best view of the eclipse.		Map direction West-southwest 252°
0.5°
5:53 am Sun, Aug 17SettingMoonset 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-southwest 253°
-0.2°
6:10 am Sun, Aug 17Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction West-southwest 255°
-3.8°
7:44 am Sun, Aug 17Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 269°
-21.5°
8:55 am Sun, Aug 17Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 281°
-34.8°

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.

During this partial lunar eclipse, the Earth's shadow covered only parts of the Moon, as seen from Seoul. There were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared completely covered during this event.

Cloud Coverage (Aug 17)

In the past, this day was cloudy 83% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

  1. When Is the Next Lunar Eclipse?
  2. Total Lunar Eclipse
  3. Why Does the Moon Turn Red?
  4. Partial Lunar Eclipse
  5. Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
  6. Can I See a Lunar Eclipse?
  7. Blood Moon - Total Lunar Eclipse
  8. Eclipse Seasons
  9. What Is a Tetrad?
  10. Magnitude of Eclipses
  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Seoul

Eclipse Visibility From SeoulVisibility Worldwide
Jul 16–17, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 10, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 5–6, 2001 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30, 2001 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 26, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 11, 2002 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
May 5, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Oct 14, 2004 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Apr 24, 2005 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17, 2005 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 8, 2006 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 4, 2007 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 19, 2007 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 1, 2008 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 17, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 9–10, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 2009 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 1, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

Next annular eclipse visible in Seoul

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