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July 16, 2000 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Pangai, Tonga

Jul 17, 2000 at 2:55 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Pangai
Began: Sun, Jul 16, 2000 at 11:48 pm
Maximum: Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 2:55 am 1.768 Magnitude
Ended: Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 6:02 am
Duration: 6 hours, 15 minutes

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

Location

July 16–17, 2000 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Pangai

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
11:48 pm Sun, Jul 16
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East 99°
78.2°
12:57 am Mon, Jul 17
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction West-southwest 249°
85.5°
2:02 am Mon, Jul 17
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction West 262°
70.8°
2:55 am Mon, Jul 17
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West 261°
58.6°
3:48 am Mon, Jul 17
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction West 259°
46.5°
4:53 am Mon, Jul 17
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 257°
31.9°
6:02 am Mon, Jul 17
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West-southwest 253°
16.6°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Pangai

Eclipse Visibility From PangaiVisibility Worldwide
Jan 21, 2000 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 16–17, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 6, 2001 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30–31, 2001 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 26–27, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 16, 2003 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 28, 2004 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 9, 2005 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Apr 24–25, 2005 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17–18, 2005 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 8, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 9, 2006 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Aug 28–29, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 7, 2008 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2008 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 10, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 7, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 2009 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse

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