September 1996 lunar eclipse
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| Total Lunar Eclipse September 27, 1996 |
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| 240px The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. |
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| Series | 127 (41 of 72) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Totality | 1:09:12 |
| Partial | 3:23:17 |
| Penumbral | 5:20:52 |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | 0:13:59 UTC |
| U1 | 1:12:43 |
| U2 | 2:19:46 |
| Greatest | 2:54:22 |
| U3 | 3:28:57 |
| U4 | 4:35:59 |
| P4 | 5:34:51 |
A total lunar eclipse took place on September 27, 1996, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1996, the first being on April 4th.
Visibility
It was visible from all of North and South America, Europe and Africa.
Related eclipses
Lunar year series
This is the second of four lunar year eclipses at the ascending node of the moon's orbit.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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| Saros Photo |
Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros Photo |
Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
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| 112 | 1995 Apr 15 80px |
Partial 80px |
117 | 1995 Oct 08 80px |
Penumbral 80px |
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122 |
1996 Apr 04 |
Total |
127 |
1996 Sep 27 80px |
Total 80px |
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| 132 80px |
1997 Mar 24 |
Partial |
137 | 1997 Sep 16 80px |
Total 80px |
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| 142 | 1998 Mar 13 80px |
Penumbral 80px |
147 | 1998 Sep 06 80px |
Penumbral 80px |
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| Last set | 1994 May 25 | Last set | 1994 Nov 18 | |||
| Next set | 1999 Jan 31 | Next set | 1998 Aug 08 | |||
See also
External links
- Saros cycle 127
- 1996 Sep 27 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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