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September 6, 1998 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Nome, AK, USA

Sep 6, 1998 at 3:10 am
Max View in Nome, Alaska
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Nome, Alaska
Began: Sun, Sep 6, 1998 at 1:16 am
Maximum: Sun, Sep 6, 1998 at 3:10 am -0.155 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Sep 6, 1998 at 5:04 am
Duration: 3 hours, 48 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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September 6, 1998 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Nome

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
1:16 am Sun, Sep 6
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southeast 154°
14.3°
3:10 am Sun, Sep 6
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction South 182°
17.1°
5:04 am Sun, Sep 6
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South-southwest 210°
14.1°

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 74% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Nome

Eclipse Visibility From NomeVisibility Worldwide
Feb 9, 1990 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 21, 1990 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 6, 1990 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 29, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 20–21, 1991 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 4, 1992 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Dec 9, 1992 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 23, 1992 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
May 21, 1993 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jun 4, 1993 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 28–29, 1993 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 10, 1994 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 17, 1994 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 15, 1995 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 1995 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 26, 1996 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 8, 1997 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Mar 23, 1997 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 16, 1997 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 12, 1998 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 6, 1998 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31, 1999 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 28, 1999 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

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