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September 27, 1977 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Port Vila, Vanuatu

Sep 27, 1977 at 7:29 pm
Max View in Port Vila
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Port Vila
Began: Tue, Sep 27, 1977 at 5:36 pm
Maximum: Tue, Sep 27, 1977 at 7:29 pm -0.136 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Sep 27, 1977 at 9:38 pm
Duration: 4 hours, 2 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

September 27, 1977 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Port Vila

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:20 pm Tue, Sep 27Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 88°
-4.5°
5:36 pm Tue, Sep 27RisingMoonrise 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 87°
-0.2°
7:29 pm Tue, Sep 27
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-northeast 78°
25.0°
9:38 pm Tue, Sep 27
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-northeast 58°
52.8°

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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.

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 27)

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

Lunar Eclipses
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  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Port Vila

Eclipse Visibility From Port VilaVisibility Worldwide
Feb 21, 1970 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 1970 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Sep 1, 1970 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 10, 1971 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 7, 1971 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 30–31, 1972 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 26, 1972 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 16, 1973 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 15, 1973 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 29–30, 1974 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 25, 1975 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 14, 1976 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Oct 23, 1976 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 27, 1977 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 25, 1978 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 17, 1978 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 14, 1979 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 6–7, 1979 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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

Next total solar eclipse visible in Port Vila

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