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Eclipse visible in Midway – Sep 16, 2016 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

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The animation shows approximately what the eclipse looks like from the night side of earth.

BETA: This is a temporary animation, it would look different in real life. We hope to fix that issue soon.

Stages in eclipse

Local times for eclipse in Midway on Friday, September 16, 2016

Click on the Sun/Moon symbols in the column entitled “Looks like” to see what the eclipse looks like during the different phases of the event.

EventTime in MidwayDirectionAltitudeLooks likeComments
Penumbral eclipse beginsSep 16 at 5:57 AM262°West6.7° Eclipse as seen from earthThe Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.
Maximum EclipseSep 16 at 6:31 AM266°West0.0° Eclipse as seen from earthMoon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon near horizon, must have completely free sight or higher up than the surroundings.
MoonsetSep 16 at 6:31 AM266°West0.0° belowNot directly visibleUnder horizon
Penumbral Eclipse endsSep 16 at 9:53 AM293°West-northwest42.0° belowNot directly visibleUnder horizon

This eclipse is in progress during sunrise or sunset, so the Sun is displayed only partly in some phases, according to its altitude below the horizon. The animation's bottom edge represents an ideal, flat horizon, which is at the same altitude as the observer.

Times are local for Midway (SST - Samoa Standard Time).

Other eclipses visible in Midway

Dates
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ObjectType at maxVisibility in
Midway
Looks like in
Midway
Path of the eclipse
Jun 15, 2011LunarTotalPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Dec 10, 2011LunarTotalPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
May 20, 2012SolarAnnularPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Jun 3 / Jun 4, 2012LunarPartialPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Nov 28, 2012LunarPenumbralPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Apr 25, 2013LunarPenumbralPartialEclipse as seen from earth
May 9, 2013SolarAnnularPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Oct 18, 2013LunarPenumbralPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Apr 14, 2014LunarTotalTotalEclipse as seen from earth
Oct 7 / Oct 8, 2014LunarTotalPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Apr 3 / Apr 4, 2015LunarPartialPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Sep 27, 2015LunarTotalPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Mar 8, 2016SolarTotalPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Mar 22 / Mar 23, 2016LunarPenumbralPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Sep 16, 2016LunarPenumbralPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Feb 10, 2017LunarPenumbralPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Aug 7, 2017LunarPartialPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Jan 30 / Jan 31, 2018LunarTotalPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Jul 27, 2018LunarTotalPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Jan 5, 2019SolarPartialPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Jan 20, 2019LunarTotalTotalEclipse as seen from earth
Jul 16, 2019LunarPartialPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Jan 10, 2020LunarPenumbralPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Jun 5, 2020LunarPenumbralPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Jul 4, 2020LunarPenumbralPartialEclipse as seen from earth
Nov 29 / Nov 30, 2020LunarPenumbralPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
May 25 / May 26, 2021LunarPartialPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth
Nov 18 / Nov 19, 2021LunarPartialPenumbralEclipse as seen from earth

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