August 2008 lunar eclipse
A partial lunar eclipse took place on 16 August 2008, the second of two lunar eclipses in 2008, with the first being a total eclipse on 20 February 2008. The next lunar eclipse was a penumbral eclipse occurring on 9 February 2009, while the next total lunar eclipse occurred on 21 December 2010.
| Partial lunar eclipse 2008/8/16 | |
|---|---|
| Saros (member) | 138 (29) |
| Recent | <S <T < > T> S> |
Cape Town, South Africa | |
The Moon passes right to left through the Earth's northern shadow | |
| Gamma | 0.5647 |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Partial | 3:08:08 |
| Penumbral | 5:30:31 |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | 18:24:50 UTC |
| U1 | 19:36:05 UTC |
| Greatest | 21:10:06 UTC |
| U4 | 22:44:13 UTC |
| P4 | 23:55:21 UTC |
At ascending node in Capricornus | |
The Moon's apparent diameter was 26.2 arcseconds smaller than the 21 February 2008 total lunar eclipse.
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