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August 28, 2007 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Detroit, MI, USA

Aug 28, 2007 at 6:37 am
Max View in Detroit, Michigan
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Detroit, Michigan
Began: Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 3:53 am
Maximum: Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 6:37 am 1.476 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 6:57 am
Duration: 3 hours, 4 minutes

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August 28, 2007 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Detroit

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
3:53 am Tue, Aug 28
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction Southwest 220°
26.6°
4:51 am Tue, Aug 28
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southwest 233°
19.2°
5:52 am Tue, Aug 28
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction West-southwest 245°
10.0°
6:37 am Tue, Aug 28
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-southwest.		Map direction West-southwest 253°
2.8°
6:57 am Tue, Aug 28SettingMoonset 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 256°
-0.2°
7:22 am Tue, Aug 28Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 260°
-5.1°
8:23 am Tue, Aug 28Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 270°
-15.8°
9:20 am Tue, Aug 28Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 280°
-25.8°

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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 Detroit. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (Aug 28)

In the past, this day was cloudy 66% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Detroit

Eclipse Visibility From DetroitVisibility Worldwide
Jan 20–21, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 25, 2000 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jan 9, 2001 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 14, 2001 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Dec 30, 2001 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 10, 2002 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 19, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
May 15–16, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 8, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Oct 27–28, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 24, 2005 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17, 2005 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 14, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 8, 2006 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Mar 3, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 2008 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 7, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 5, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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