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lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Eart ...
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
A total lunar eclipse took place on 15 April 2014. It was the first of two total lunar eclipses in 2014, and the first in a Tetrad (astronomy), tetrad (four total lunar eclipses in a series). #Related_eclipses, Subsequent eclipses in the tetrad ...
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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.
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Related eclipses
Eclipses of 1996
* A total lunar eclipse on April 4. * A partial solar eclipse on April 17. * A total lunar eclipse on September 27. * A partial solar eclipse on October 12.Lunar year series
This is the second of four lunar year eclipses at the ascending node of the Moon's orbit.Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, ''The half-saros'' This lunar eclipse is related to two hybrid solar eclipses ofSolar Saros 129
Saros cycle series 129 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's ascending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 80 events. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's ascending node.
This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 12 ...
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See also
*List of lunar eclipses
There are several lists of lunar eclipses
On the Moon, by the Earth
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* List of central lunar eclipses
* Total penumbral lunar eclipse
A total penumbral lunar eclipse is a lunar eclipse that occurs when the Moon becomes completely immersed ...
*List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
A total of 229 lunar eclipses took place in the 20th century: 83 penumbral, 65 partial and 81 total.
See also: Lists of lunar eclipses, List of 19th-century lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
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Eclipses from 2001 to ...
References
External links
Saros cycle 122
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