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September 18, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Ponnani, Kerala, India

Sep 18, 2024 at 6:13 am
Max View in Ponnani, Kerala
Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Ponnani, Kerala
Began: Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 6:11 am
Maximum: Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 6:13 am -0.926 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 6:15 am
Duration: 4 minutes

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September 18, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Ponnani

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
6:11 am Wed, Sep 18
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to West for the best view of the eclipse.
Map direction West 266°
0.6°
6:13 am Wed, Sep 18
Maximum in Ponnani This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Ponnani. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Ponnani because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to West for the best view of the eclipse.
Map direction West 266°
0.2°
6:15 am Wed, Sep 18SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West 266°
-0.2°
7:42 am Wed, Sep 18Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction West 271°
-21.5°
8:14 am Wed, Sep 18Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction West 272°
-28.9°
8:45 am Wed, Sep 18Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 274°
-36.2°
10:17 am Wed, Sep 18Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 283°
-57.3°

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

A penumbral lunar eclipse can be a bit hard to see as the shadowed part is only a little bit fainter than the rest of the Moon.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Ponnani

Eclipse Visibility From PonnaniVisibility Worldwide
Sep 7–8, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 2, 2027 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jul 6–7, 2028 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

Next total solar eclipse visible in Ponnani

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