Telescopic view, from North Billerica, Massachusetts at 3:25 UT, near greatest eclipse.
Date
21 February 2008
Gamma
−0.39923
Magnitude
1.10618
Saros cycle
133 (26 of 71)
Totality
49 minutes, 46 seconds
Partiality
205 minutes, 28 seconds
Penumbral
339 minutes, 3 seconds
Contacts (UTC)
P1
00:36:34
U1
01:43:17
U2
03:01:09
Greatest
03:26:03
U3
03:50:55
U4
05:08:45
P4
06:15:37
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A total lunar eclipse occurred on February 20 and February 21, 2008. It was visible in the eastern evening sky on February 20 for all of North and South America, and on February 21 in the predawn western sky from most of Africa and Europe. Greatest Eclipse occurring on Thursday, February 21, 2008, at 03:26:03 UTC, totality lasting 49 minutes and 45.6 seconds.
Occurring 7.1 days after perigee (Perigee on February 14, 2008) and 6.9 days before apogee (Apogee on February 28, 2008), the Moon's apparent diameter was near the average diameter.
The total lunar eclipse was the first of the two lunar eclipses in 2008, with the second, the August 16, 2008 event being partial.[1] The next total lunar eclipse occurred on December 21, 2010. The tables below contain detailed predictions and additional information on the Total Lunar Eclipse of 21 February 2008.
The Moon's apparent diameter was 26.2 arcseconds larger than the August 16, 2008 partial lunar eclipse.
^"Partial Lunar Eclipse of 16 Aug 2008" (PDF). eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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