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25 March 2024 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Dakar, Senegal

25 Mar 2024, 07:12
Near max in Dakar
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Dakar
Began: Mon, 25 Mar 2024, 04:53
Maximum: Mon, 25 Mar 2024, 07:12 -0.133 Magnitude
Ended: Mon, 25 Mar 2024, 07:15
Duration: 2 hours, 23 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

25 March 2024 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Dakar

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Dakar. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (GMT) for Dakar.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
04:53 Mon, 25 Mar
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West 259°
32.9°
07:12 Mon, 25 Mar
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
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 West for the best view of the eclipse.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.
Map direction West 268°
0.4°
07:15 Mon, 25 MarSettingMoonset SettingMap direction West 268°
-0.2°
09:32 Mon, 25 MarNot directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 277°
-32.9°

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

During this penumbral lunar eclipse, the Earth's main shadow did not cover the Moon. As the Earth's shadow (umbra) misses the Moon during a penumbral lunar eclipse, there were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared partially or totally eclipsed during this event. 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 Dakar

Eclipse Visibility From DakarVisibility Worldwide
18 Sep 2024 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
14 Mar 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
29 Mar 2025 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
7 Sep 2025 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
12 Aug 2026 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Dakar, or the path map image for global details.

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