August 2007 Lunar Eclipse
A total lunar eclipse occurred on August 28, 2007, lasting just over 90 minutes. The Moon entered the Earth's penumbra at 07:53:39 UTC. The first partial phase began in earnest at 08:51:16 UTC when the Moon entered the Earth's umbra. It exited the penumbra at 13:21:02 UTC.
It is a relatively rare central eclipse where the moon passes in front of the center of the Earth's shadow. It was the "longest and deepest lunar eclipse to be seen in 7 years". In the total lunar eclipse of July 16, 2000 the moon passed within two arc minutes of the center of the Earth's shadow. In comparison this still very deep eclipse was offcenter by over 12 minutes of arc. The next total lunar eclipse of a longer duration was on June 15, 2011.
The lunar eclipse was the second one in 2007. The first one occurred on March 3, 2007.
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