April 1996 lunar eclipse

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)
Totality	1:25:45
Partial	3:37:08
Penumbral	5:44:43
Contacts
P1	21:17:22 UTC
U1	22:21:13 UTC
U2	23:26:54 UTC
Greatest	0:09:46 UTC
U3	0:52:39 UTC
U4	1:58:21 UTC
P4	3:02:04 UTC

A total lunar eclipse took place on April 4, 1996. The moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow.

This is the 55th member of Lunar Saros 122. The previous event is the March 1978 lunar eclipse. The next event is the April 2014 lunar eclipse.

Visibility

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

Hamois, Belgium

This is the second of four lunar year eclipses at the descending node of the moon's orbit.

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