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March 13, 1979 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Mar 13, 1979 at 10:08 pm
Max View in Madrid, Madrid
Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Madrid, Madrid
Began: Tue, Mar 13, 1979 at 7:12 pm
Maximum: Tue, Mar 13, 1979 at 10:08 pm 0.853 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Mar 14, 1979 at 1:03 am
Duration: 5 hours, 51 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

March 13–14, 1979 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Madrid

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
7:12 pm Tue, Mar 13
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.
Map direction East 85°
0.7°
8:29 pm Tue, Mar 13
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East 98°
14.3°
10:08 pm Tue, Mar 13
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-southeast 116°
31.5°
11:46 pm Tue, Mar 13
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction Southeast 141°
45.7°
1:03 am Wed, Mar 14
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South 169°
51.4°

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 Madrid. There were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared completely covered during this event. The Earth's shadow covered a large portion of the Moon, so this was still a nice sight.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Madrid

Eclipse Visibility From MadridVisibility Worldwide
Feb 21, 1970 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 1970 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Aug 17, 1970 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 10, 1971 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 25, 1971 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Aug 6, 1971 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 26, 1972 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 18–19, 1973 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 15, 1973 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 30, 1973 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Nov 10, 1973 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Dec 10, 1973 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 24, 1973 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 4–5, 1974 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 29, 1974 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 11, 1975 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
May 25, 1975 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 18–19, 1975 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 29, 1976 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
May 13–14, 1976 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 6–7, 1976 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 4, 1977 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 24, 1978 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 16, 1978 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 13–14, 1979 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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