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September 18, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Nouakchott, Mauritania

Sep 18, 2024 at 2:44 am
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Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse, in Nouakchott
Began: Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 12:41 am
Maximum: Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 2:44 am 0.085 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 4:47 am
Duration: 4 hours, 6 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

September 18, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Nouakchott

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
12:41 am Wed, Sep 18
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South 170°
68.0°
2:12 am Wed, Sep 18
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southwest 223°
61.8°
2:44 am Wed, Sep 18
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southwest 233°
56.5°
3:15 am Wed, Sep 18
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 241°
50.4°
4:47 am Wed, Sep 18
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West-southwest 255°
30.7°

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 Nouakchott. 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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Aug 12, 2026 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

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