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Total Lunar Eclipse on Sep 6, 1979: Map & Times

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Port Vila

Vanuatu

Total lunar eclipse
Magnitude
1.0933
Duration
5h, 5m, 14s
Duration of totality
44m, 20s
Penumbral begins
Sep 6, 1979 at 7:21:35 pm
Partial begins
Sep 6, 1979 at 8:18:16 pm
Full begins
Sep 6, 1979 at 9:32:02 pm
Maximum
Sep 6, 1979 at 9:54:12 pm
Full ends
Sep 6, 1979 at 10:16:22 pm
Partial ends
Sep 6, 1979 at 11:30:07 pm
Penumbral ends
Sep 7, 1979 at 12:26:49 am
Times shown in local time (VUT)
Avg. Cloud Cover
63% (since 2000)
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Some of total eclipse visible
Only partial+penumbral visible
Some of penumbral eclipse visible
Not visible
3000 km
2000 mi
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