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October 28, 2004 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Pangai, Tonga

Oct 28, 2004 at 6:50 pm
Near max in Pangai
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Pangai
Began: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 6:46 pm
Maximum: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 6:49 pm -0.869 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 7:01 pm
Duration: 14 minutes

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

Location

October 28, 2004 — 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
1:07 pm Thu, Oct 28Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 117°
-75.9°
2:14 pm Thu, Oct 28Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 99°
-61.5°
3:23 pm Thu, Oct 28Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 91°
-46.1°
4:04 pm Thu, Oct 28Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction East 87°
-37.1°
4:44 pm Thu, Oct 28Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction East 84°
-28.1°
5:53 pm Thu, Oct 28Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction East 79°
-12.6°
6:46 pm Thu, Oct 28RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East-northeast 75°
-0.2°
6:49 pm Thu, Oct 28
Maximum in Pangai This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Pangai. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Pangai because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to East-northeast for the best view of the eclipse.
Map direction East-northeast 74°
0.2°
7:01 pm Thu, Oct 28
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast.
Map direction East-northeast 73°
2.6°

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

The total phase of this lunar eclipse was not visible in Pangai, but it could be observed there as a penumbral lunar eclipse. 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.


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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