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)
Totality1:25:45
Partial3:37:08
Penumbral5:44:43
Contacts
P121:17:22 UTC
U122:21:13 UTC
U223:26:54 UTC
Greatest0:09:46 UTC
U30:52:39 UTC
U41:58:21 UTC
P43:02:04 UTC

A total lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, April 4, 1996, the first of two total lunar eclipses in 1996, the other being on Friday, September 27. The Moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow.

This was the last central member and 55th overall member of Lunar Saros 122. The previous event was the March 1978 lunar eclipse. The next event was the April 2014 lunar eclipse.

This eclipse was the first of an almost tetrad (that occurred when there were 4 consecutive lunar eclipses that had an umbral eclipse magnitude of 0.9 or greater). The others were 27 Sep 1996 (T), 24 Mar 1997 (P) and 16 Sep 1997 (T).

Visibility

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


Hamois, Belgium

Eclipses of 1996

Lunar year series

This is the second of four lunar year eclipses at the ascending node of the Moon's orbit.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1995–1998
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros
Photo		 Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart		 Gamma Saros
Photo		 Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart		 Gamma
112 1995 Apr 15
 Partial
 −0.95939 117 1995 Oct 08
 Penumbral
 1.11794
122
 1996 Apr 04
 Total
 −0.25339 127
 1996 Sep 27
 Total
 0.34264
132
 1997 Mar 24
 Partial
 0.48990 137 1997 Sep 16
 Total
 −0.37684
142 1998 Mar 13
 Penumbral
 1.19644 147 1998 Sep 06
 Penumbral
 −1.10579
Last set 1994 May 25 Last set 1994 Nov 18
Next set 1999 Jan 31 Next set 1998 Aug 08

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two hybrid solar eclipses of Solar Saros 129.

March 29, 1987 April 8, 2005

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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