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January 7, 1917 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Lima, Lima, Peru

Jan 8, 1917 at 2:44 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Lima, Lima
Began: Sun, Jan 7, 1917 at 11:37 pm
Maximum: Mon, Jan 8, 1917 at 2:44 am 1.364 Magnitude
Ended: Mon, Jan 8, 1917 at 5:51 am
Duration: 6 hours, 13 minutes

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

Location

January 7–8, 1917 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Lima

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
11:37 pm Sun, Jan 7
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction North-northeast 12°
53.7°
12:50 am Mon, Jan 8
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction North-northwest 344°
53.4°
2:00 am Mon, Jan 8
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction Northwest 322°
45.9°
2:44 am Mon, Jan 8
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Northwest 313°
39.0°
3:28 am Mon, Jan 8
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction Northwest 306°
31.0°
4:38 am Mon, Jan 8
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-northwest 298°
17.0°
5:51 am Mon, Jan 8
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.		Map direction West-northwest 293°
1.7°

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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 Lima. The total lunar eclipse is someÂ鶹ӳ»­ called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (Jan 7–8)

In the past, this day was cloudy 68% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  2. Total Lunar Eclipse
  3. Why Does the Moon Turn Red?
  4. Partial Lunar Eclipse
  5. Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
  6. Can I See a Lunar Eclipse?
  7. Blood Moon - Total Lunar Eclipse
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  9. What Is a Tetrad?
  10. Magnitude of Eclipses
  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Lima

Eclipse Visibility From LimaVisibility Worldwide
May 23–24, 1910 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 16, 1910 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 12–13, 1911 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 1, 1912 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 26, 1912 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Oct 10, 1912 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Mar 22, 1913 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 15, 1913 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 11–12, 1914 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 4, 1914 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 7, 1914 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Jan 30–31, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 26, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 24, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20, 1916 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 3, 1916 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jul 14–15, 1916 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 7–8, 1917 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 4, 1917 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 28, 1917 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 24, 1918 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 3, 1918 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
May 14, 1919 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 29, 1919 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Nov 7, 1919 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 22, 1919 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse

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