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Total lunar eclipse

Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 07:45 AM UTC
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Peak (UTC)
Tuesday, Apr 15
Type
Total lunar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Totality duration
79 min
Partial duration
215 min
Local circumstances
Phase times in your local time, plus where to look in the sky from Palo Alto, California.
PhaseUTCLocal timeMoon altitudeDirection
P1 — Penumbral begins04:53:2121:53:2124.6°SE
U1 — Partial begins05:57:5622:57:5633.5°SE
T1 — Totality begins07:06:1700:06:1739.8°SSE
MAX — Greatest eclipse07:45:3800:45:3841.5°S
T2 — Totality ends08:24:5901:24:5941.6°S
U2 — Partial ends09:33:2002:33:2037.8°SSW
P2 — Penumbral ends10:37:5603:37:5630.6°SW
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
1 Saros earlier
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April 3, 1996
1 Saros later
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April 25, 2032