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August 2008 lunar eclipse
Partial lunar eclipse of 16 August 2008 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A partial lunar eclipse took place on 16 August 2008, the second of two lunar eclipses in 2008, with the first being a total eclipse on 20 February 2008. The next lunar eclipse was a penumbral eclipse occurring on 9 February 2009, while the next total lunar eclipse occurred on 21 December 2010.
More information Partial lunar eclipse 2008/8/16, Duration (hr:mn:sc) ...
Partial lunar eclipse 2008/8/16 | |
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Saros (member) | 138 (29) |
Recent | <S <T < > T> S> |
![]() Cape Town, South Africa | |
![]() The Moon passes right to left through the Earth's northern shadow | |
Gamma[1] | 0.5647 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Partial | 3:08:08 |
Penumbral | 5:30:31 |
Contacts | |
P1 | 18:24:50 UTC |
U1 | 19:36:05 UTC |
Greatest | 21:10:06 UTC |
U4 | 22:44:13 UTC |
P4 | 23:55:21 UTC |
![]() At ascending node in Capricornus |
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The Moon's apparent diameter was 26.2 arcseconds smaller than the 21 February 2008 total lunar eclipse.