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September 18, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Ado Ekiti, Ekiti, Nigeria (Edo-Ekiti)

Sep 18, 2024 at 3:44 am
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Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti
Began: Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 1:41 am
Maximum: Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 3:44 am 0.085 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 5:47 am
Duration: 4 hours, 6 minutes

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September 18, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Ado Ekiti

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
1:41 am Wed, Sep 18
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West-southwest 238°
69.0°
3:12 am Wed, Sep 18
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction West-southwest 256°
48.4°
3:44 am Wed, Sep 18
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West 259°
41.0°
4:15 am Wed, Sep 18
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West 261°
33.5°
5:47 am Wed, Sep 18
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West 266°
11.7°

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 partial lunar eclipse, the Earth's shadow covered only parts of the Moon, as seen from Ado Ekiti. There were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared completely covered during this event. The Earth's shadow covered only a small portion of the Moon.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Ado Ekiti

Eclipse Visibility From Ado EkitiVisibility Worldwide
Mar 14, 2025 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 7, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 6, 2027 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Ado Ekiti, or the path map image for global details.

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