April 1996 lunar eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse
April 4, 1996

Hamois, Belgium

The moon's path through the center of the Earth's shadow.
Series (and member) 122 (55 of 75)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality 1:25:45
Partial 3:37:08
Penumbral 5:44:43
Contacts
P1 21:17:22 UTC
U1 22:21:13 UTC
U2 23:26:54 UTC
Greatest 0:09:48 UTC
U3 0:52:39 UTC
U4 1:58:21 UTC
P4 3:02:04 UTC

A total lunar eclipse took place on April 4, 1996. The moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow.

This is the 55th member of Lunar Saros 122. The previous event is the March 1978 lunar eclipse. The next event is the April 2014 lunar eclipse.

Visibility

It could be seen completely over Africa, and Europe, seen rising over North and South America, and setting over Western Asia.

Gallery


Hamois, Belgium

Related eclipses

Lunar year series

This is the second of four lunar year eclipses at the descending node of the moon's orbit.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1995-1998
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros
Photo
Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Saros
Photo
Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
112 1995 Apr 15
Partial
117 1995 Oct 08
Penumbral
122
1996 Apr 04
Total
127
1996 Sep 27
Total
132
1997 Mar 24
Partial
137 1997 Sep 16
Total
142 1998 Mar 13
Penumbral
147 1998 Sep 06
Penumbral
Last set 1994 May 25 Last set 1994 Nov 18
Next set 1999 Jan 31 Next set 1998 Aug 08

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