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March 4, 2007 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory

Mar 4, 2007 at 5:20 am
Max View in Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory
Began: Sun, Mar 4, 2007 at 2:18 am
Maximum: Sun, Mar 4, 2007 at 5:20 am 1.233 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Mar 4, 2007 at 7:22 am
Duration: 5 hours, 4 minutes

All Â鶹ӳ»­ shown on this page are local time.

Location

March 4, 2007 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Diego Garcia

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Diego Garcia. Stages and Â鶹ӳ»­ of the eclipse are outlined below. All Â鶹ӳ»­ were local time (IOT) for Diego Garcia.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
2:18 am Sun, Mar 4
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction Northwest 314°
68.5°
3:30 am Sun, Mar 4
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction West-northwest 293°
53.8°
4:44 am Sun, Mar 4
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction West-northwest 284°
36.8°
5:20 am Sun, Mar 4
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West-northwest 282°
28.2°
5:57 am Sun, Mar 4
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction West 280°
19.5°
7:11 am Sun, Mar 4
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.		Map direction West 276°
2.1°
7:22 am Sun, Mar 4SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West 276°
-0.2°
8:23 am Sun, Mar 4Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 274°
-15.5°

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

This total lunar eclipse was fully visible in Diego Garcia. The total lunar eclipse is someÂ鶹ӳ»­ called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (Mar 4)

In the past, this day was cloudy 72% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  4. Partial Lunar Eclipse
  5. Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
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  7. Blood Moon - Total Lunar Eclipse
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  10. Magnitude of Eclipses
  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Diego Garcia

Eclipse Visibility From Diego GarciaVisibility Worldwide
Jul 16, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9–10, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 5, 2001 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
May 26, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 25, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 20, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
May 16, 2003 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 9, 2003 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 4–5, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Oct 28, 2004 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 3, 2005 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Oct 17, 2005 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 7–8, 2006 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 4, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2007 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2008 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 17, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 26, 2009 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 9, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 6, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2009–Jan 1, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Diego Garcia, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.

Next total solar eclipse visible in Diego Garcia

Other eclipses visible in Diego Garcia

Other eclipses worldwide

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