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December 17, 1918 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Kinshasa, Congo Dem. Rep.

Dec 17, 1918 at 8:05 pm
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Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Kinshasa
Began: Tue, Dec 17, 1918 at 6:08 pm
Maximum: Tue, Dec 17, 1918 at 8:05 pm -0.168 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Dec 17, 1918 at 10:03 pm
Duration: 3 hours, 55 minutes

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

Location

December 17, 1918 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Kinshasa

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
6:08 pm Tue, Dec 17
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast.		Map direction East-northeast 67°
1.9°
8:05 pm Tue, Dec 17
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-northeast 61°
27.2°
10:03 pm Tue, Dec 17
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Northeast 45°
50.5°

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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.

During this penumbral lunar eclipse, the Earth's main shadow did not cover the Moon. As the Earth's shadow (umbra) misses the Moon during a penumbral lunar eclipse, there were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared partially or totally eclipsed during this event. A penumbral lunar eclipse can be a bit hard to see as the shadowed part is only a little bit fainter than the rest of the Moon.

Cloud Coverage (Dec 17)

In the past, this day was cloudy 91% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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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 Kinshasa

Eclipse Visibility From KinshasaVisibility Worldwide
May 24, 1910 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 16–17, 1910 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 13, 1911 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 6, 1911 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 1–2, 1912 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 12, 1914 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 7, 1914 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Jan 31, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 1, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 24–25, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 15, 1916 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 8, 1917 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 4–5, 1917 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 3, 1918 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Dec 17, 1918 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 14–15, 1919 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 29, 1919 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Nov 7–8, 1919 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 22, 1919 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse

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