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Penumbral lunar eclipse

Tuesday, April 14, 1987 at 02:18 AM UTC
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Peak (UTC)
Monday, Apr 13
Type
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Obscuration
0%
Local circumstances
Phase times in your local time, plus where to look in the sky from Palo Alto, California.
PhaseUTCLocal timeMoon altitudeDirection
P1 — Penumbral begins00:21:2917:21:29below horizon
MAX — Greatest eclipse02:18:5719:18:57below horizon
P2 — Penumbral ends04:16:2621:16:2616.2°ESE
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
1 Saros later
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