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October 8, 2014 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Kingston, Jamaica

Oct 8, 2014 at 5:54 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Kingston
Began: Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 3:15 am
Maximum: Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 5:54 am 1.166 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 6:02 am
Duration: 2 hours, 47 minutes

All Âé¶¹Ó³»­ shown on this page are local time.

Location

October 8, 2014 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Kingston

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Kingston. Stages and Âé¶¹Ó³»­ of the eclipse are outlined below. All Âé¶¹Ó³»­ were local time (EST) for Kingston.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
3:15 am Wed, Oct 8
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West 263°
37.3°
4:14 am Wed, Oct 8
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction West 268°
23.7°
5:25 am Wed, Oct 8
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.
Map direction West 273°
7.7°
5:54 am Wed, Oct 8
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.
Map direction West 276°
1.2°
6:02 am Wed, Oct 8SettingMoonset Setting, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase makes the Moon so dim before it sets, that it might disappear from view some time before it sets.Map direction West 276°
-0.2°
6:23 am Wed, Oct 8Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 278°
-5.8°
7:34 am Wed, Oct 8Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 284°
-21.4°
8:33 am Wed, Oct 8Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 291°
-34.2°

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 Kingston. The total lunar eclipse is someÂé¶¹Ó³»­ called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Kingston

Eclipse Visibility From KingstonVisibility Worldwide
Jun 26, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 21, 2010 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 4, 2012 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 5, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
May 24, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 18, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 3, 2013 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Apr 14–15, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 4, 2015 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 27–28, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 23, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 2016 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Feb 10, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 21, 2017 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 31, 2018 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20–21, 2019 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 16, 2019 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit

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

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