April_1996_lunar_eclipse

April 1996 lunar eclipse

April 1996 lunar eclipse

Total lunar eclipse April 4, 1996

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.

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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.

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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.

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See also

References

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


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