September 1996 lunar eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse
September 27, 1996

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series127 (41 of 72)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality1:09:12
Partial3:23:17
Penumbral5:20:52
Contacts
P10:13:59 UTC
U11:12:43
U22:19:46
Greatest2:54:22
U33:28:57
U44:35:59
P45:34:51

A total lunar eclipse took place on September 27, 1996, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1996, the first being on April 4th. It was part of Lunar Saros 127. The eclipse started at 0:13:59 UTC, the greatest was at 2:54:22 and ended at 5:34:51. Its length of totality lasted more than 1 hours and 9 minutes.

Visibility

It was visible from all of North and South America, Europe and Africa.

Weather

The weather conditions for most of North America was cloudy and parts rainy.

Mid-infrared image of the Moon

The mid-infrared image of the Moon was taken during a September 1996 lunar eclipse by the SPIRIT-III instrument aboard the orbiting Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) satellite.

During its totality, the Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) satellite's SPIRIT-III instrument took the image of the Moon in mid-infrared. At these wavelengths, MSX was able to characterize the thermal (heat) distribution of the lunar surface during the eclipse. The brightest regions are the warmest, and the darkest areas are the coolest. The well-known crater Tycho is the bright object to the south of center. Numerous other craters are also seen as bright spots, indicating that their temperature is higher than in the surrounding dark mare.[1]

Lunar year series

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

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1995-1998
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros
Photo		 Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart		 Saros
Photo		 Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart
112 1995 Apr 15
 Partial
 117 1995 Oct 08
 Penumbral
122
 1996 Apr 04
 Total
 127
 1996 Sep 27
 Total
132
 1997 Mar 24
 Partial
 137 1997 Sep 16
 Total
142 1998 Mar 13
 Penumbral
 147 1998 Sep 06
 Penumbral
Last set 1994 May 25 Last set 1994 Nov 18
Next set 1999 Jan 31 Next set 1998 Aug 08

See also

References

  1. ↑ NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Eclipsed Moon in Infrared (8 November 2003)


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