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September 18, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Poitiers, Vienne, France

Sep 18, 2024 at 4:44 am
Max View in Poitiers, Vienne
Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Poitiers, Vienne
Began: Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 2:41 am
Maximum: Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 4:44 am 0.085 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 6:47 am
Duration: 4 hours, 6 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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September 18, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Poitiers

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
2:41 am Wed, Sep 18
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southwest 196°
38.2°
4:12 am Wed, Sep 18
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southwest 222°
31.1°
4:44 am Wed, Sep 18
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southwest 229°
27.4°
5:15 am Wed, Sep 18
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 237°
23.4°
6:47 am Wed, Sep 18
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West-southwest 255°
9.8°

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 Poitiers. 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.


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