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Total lunar eclipse

Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 03:26 AM UTC
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Peak (UTC)
Wednesday, Feb 20
Type
Total lunar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Totality duration
51 min
Partial duration
206 min
Local circumstances
Phase times in your local time, plus where to look in the sky from Palo Alto, California.
PhaseUTCLocal timeMoon altitudeDirection
P1 — Penumbral begins00:36:1516:36:15below horizon
U1 — Partial begins01:43:0017:43:00below horizon
T1 — Totality begins03:00:3319:00:3313.4°E
MAX — Greatest eclipse03:26:0319:26:0318.2°E
T2 — Totality ends03:51:3419:51:3423.1°E
U2 — Partial ends05:09:0721:09:0737.6°ESE
P2 — Penumbral ends06:15:5222:15:5249.0°SE
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
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