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September 6, 1998 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Taipei, Taiwan

Sep 6, 1998 at 7:10 pm
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Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Taipei
Began: Sun, Sep 6, 1998 at 6:06 pm
Maximum: Sun, Sep 6, 1998 at 7:10 pm -0.155 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Sep 6, 1998 at 9:04 pm
Duration: 2 hours, 58 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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September 6, 1998 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Taipei

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:16 pm Sun, Sep 6Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 93°
-11.8°
6:06 pm Sun, Sep 6RisingMoonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends.Map direction East 98°
-0.2°
7:10 pm Sun, Sep 6
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-southeast 105°
12.9°
9:04 pm Sun, Sep 6
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-southeast 121°
36.1°

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 6)

In the past, this day was cloudy 72% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Taipei

Eclipse Visibility From TaipeiVisibility Worldwide
Feb 10, 1990 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 6–7, 1990 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 27, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 21, 1991 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10, 1992 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 24, 1992 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jun 4, 1993 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 6, 1993 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Nov 29, 1993 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 15, 1995 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8–9, 1995 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 24, 1995 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Apr 4, 1996 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 9, 1997 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 17, 1997 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 22, 1998 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Sep 6, 1998 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31–Feb 1, 1999 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 28, 1999 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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