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July 16, 2000 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Damascus, Syria (Dimashq)

Jul 16, 2000 at 7:49 pm
Near max in Damascus
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Damascus
Began: Sun, Jul 16, 2000 at 7:46 pm
Maximum: Sun, Jul 16, 2000 at 7:48 pm -0.852 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Jul 16, 2000 at 8:02 pm
Duration: 17 minutes

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Location

July 16, 2000 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Damascus

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
1:48 pm Sun, Jul 16Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 57°
-70.0°
2:57 pm Sun, Jul 16Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 77°
-57.2°
4:02 pm Sun, Jul 16Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 88°
-44.4°
4:55 pm Sun, Jul 16Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction East 95°
-33.7°
5:48 pm Sun, Jul 16Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 101°
-23.2°
6:53 pm Sun, Jul 16Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 108°
-10.6°
7:46 pm Sun, Jul 16RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East-southeast 115°
-0.2°
7:48 pm Sun, Jul 16
Maximum in Damascus This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Damascus. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Damascus 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 East-southeast for the best view of the eclipse.		Map direction East-southeast 116°
0.2°
8:02 pm Sun, Jul 16
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-southeast.		Map direction East-southeast 117°
2.5°

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.

The total phase of this lunar eclipse was not visible in Damascus, but it could be observed there as a penumbral lunar eclipse. 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 (Jul 16)

In the past, this day was cloudy 1% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Damascus

Eclipse Visibility From DamascusVisibility 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 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 Partial 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
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
Feb 9, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 6, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2009 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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