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September 16, 1959 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Sep 17, 1959 at 2:03 am
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Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Madrid, Madrid
Began: Wed, Sep 16, 1959 at 11:48 pm
Maximum: Thu, Sep 17, 1959 at 2:03 am -0.050 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Sep 17, 1959 at 4:17 am
Duration: 4 hours, 28 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

September 16–17, 1959 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Madrid

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
11:48 pm Wed, Sep 16
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southeast 153°
43.5°
2:03 am Thu, Sep 17
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction South-southwest 199°
45.4°
4:17 am Thu, Sep 17
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West-southwest 237°
30.1°

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 penumbral lunar eclipse, the Earth's main shadow did not cover the Moon. As the Earth's shadow (umbra) misses the Moon during a penumbral lunar eclipse, there were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared partially or totally eclipsed during this event. A penumbral lunar eclipse can be a bit hard to see as the shadowed part is only a little bit fainter than the rest of the Moon.

Cloud Coverage (Sep 16–17)

In the past, this day was cloudy 35% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Madrid

Eclipse Visibility From MadridVisibility Worldwide
Apr 2–3, 1950 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 26, 1950 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 17, 1951 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 1, 1951 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 10–11, 1952 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 25, 1952 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 5, 1952 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 29–30, 1953 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 14, 1953 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Jan 19, 1954 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 30, 1954 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jul 15–16, 1954 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 29, 1955 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 18, 1956 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 13–14, 1957 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 7, 1957 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 4, 1958 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 27, 1958 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 24, 1959 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 16–17, 1959 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 2, 1959 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse

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