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February 21, 2008 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Buchs, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Feb 21, 2008 at 4:26 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Buchs, St. Gallen
Began: Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 1:36 am
Maximum: Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:26 am 1.106 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 7:15 am
Duration: 5 hours, 39 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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February 21, 2008 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Buchs

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
1:36 am Thu, Feb 21
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southwest 206°
50.8°
2:43 am Thu, Feb 21
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southwest 228°
43.7°
4:01 am Thu, Feb 21
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction West-southwest 247°
32.5°
4:26 am Thu, Feb 21
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West-southwest 252°
28.5°
4:50 am Thu, Feb 21
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 257°
24.5°
6:08 am Thu, Feb 21
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West 271°
11.5°
7:15 am Thu, Feb 21
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.
Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.		Map direction West-northwest 283°
0.7°

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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 Buchs. 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 74% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  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
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  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 Buchs

Eclipse Visibility From BuchsVisibility Worldwide
Jan 21, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 24–25, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 20, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
May 16, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 31, 2003 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 8–9, 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
Mar 14–15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 29, 2006 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 7, 2006 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3–4, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar 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
Aug 6, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2009 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

Next total solar eclipse visible in Buchs

Next annular eclipse visible in Buchs

Other eclipses visible in Buchs

Other eclipses worldwide

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