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September 18, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Abakaliki, Ebonyi, Nigeria

Sep 18, 2024 at 3:44 am
Max View in Abakaliki, Ebonyi
Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Abakaliki, Ebonyi
Began: Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 1:41 am
Maximum: Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 3:44 am 0.085 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 5:47 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 — Abakaliki

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
1:41 am Wed, Sep 18
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West-southwest 245°
67.1°
3:12 am Wed, Sep 18
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction West 259°
45.8°
3:44 am Wed, Sep 18
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West 261°
38.3°
4:15 am Wed, Sep 18
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West 263°
30.8°
5:47 am Wed, Sep 18
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.
Map direction West 266°
8.9°

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 Abakaliki. 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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Feb 6, 2027 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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

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