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October 28, 2023 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Oct 28, 2023 at 11:14 pm
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Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse, in Dar es Salaam
Began: Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 9:01 pm
Maximum: Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 11:14 pm 0.122 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 1:26 am
Duration: 4 hours, 25 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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October 28–29, 2023 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Dar es Salaam

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
9:01 pm Sat, Oct 28
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East-northeast 65°
40.5°
10:35 pm Sat, Oct 28
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Northeast 46°
59.3°
11:14 pm Sat, Oct 28
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction North-northeast 31°
65.2°
11:52 pm Sat, Oct 28
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction North
68.3°
1:26 am Sun, Oct 29
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Northwest 318°
60.8°

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 Dar es Salaam. 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 Dar es Salaam

Eclipse Visibility From Dar es SalaamVisibility Worldwide
Sep 18, 2024 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 7, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 2, 2027 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Dar es Salaam, or the path map image for global details.

Other eclipses visible in Dar es Salaam

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