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August 27, 2026 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Vaitape (Bora Bora), Tahiti, French Polynesia

Aug 27, 2026 at 6:12 pm
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Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Vaitape (Bora Bora), Tahiti
Began: Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 5:56 pm
Maximum: Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 6:12 pm 0.930 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 9:01 pm
Duration: 3 hours, 6 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.
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August 27, 2026 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Vaitape (Bora Bora)

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

Time Phase Event Direction Altitude
3:23 pm Thu, Aug 27 Not directly visible Penumbral Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction East-southeast 114°
-34.4°
4:33 pm Thu, Aug 27 Not directly visible Partial Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction East-southeast 106°
-19.3°
5:56 pm Thu, Aug 27 Rising Moonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends. Map direction East 99°
-0.2°
6:12 pm Thu, Aug 27
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East. 		Map direction East 98°
3.2°
7:51 pm Thu, Aug 27
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends. Map direction East 91°
25.9°
9:01 pm Thu, Aug 27
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends. Map direction East 86°
42.2°

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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 partial lunar eclipse, the Earth's shadow covered only parts of the Moon, as seen from Vaitape (Bora Bora). There were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared completely covered during this event. The Earth's shadow covered a large portion of the Moon, so this was still a nice sight.

Cloud Coverage (Aug 27)

In the past, this day was cloudy 49% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Vaitape (Bora Bora)

Eclipse Visibility From Vaitape (Bora Bora) Visibility Worldwide
Aug 16, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 11, 2028 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 6, 2028 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2028 Partial Lunar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse
Jun 25, 2029 Total Lunar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Vaitape (Bora Bora), or the path map image for global details.

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