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Total Lunar Eclipse April 4, 1996
Hamois, Belgien
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	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.

Visibility

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

Gallery

Hamois, Belgien

Related eclipses

Lunar year series

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

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1995–1998
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros Photo	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros Photo	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
112	1995 Apr 15	Partial	−0.95939	117	1995 Oct 08	Penumbral	1.11794
122	1996 Apr 04	Total	−0.25339	127	1996 Sep 27	Total	0.34264
132	1997 Mar 24	Partial	0.48990	137	1997 Sep 16	Total	−0.37684
142	1998 Mar 13	Penumbral	1.19644	147	1998 Sep 06	Penumbral	−1.10579

Last set	1994 May 25			Last set	1994 Nov 18

Next set	1999 Jan 31			Next set	1998 Aug 08

External links

Saros cycle 122
Andrés Valencia: Total Lunar Eclipse - April 3 '96
1996 Apr 04 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC

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+| align=center colspan=2| [[File:Lunar eclipse April 4 1996 Hamois Belgium.jpg|240px]]<BR>[[Hamois]], [[Belgium]]
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+| align=center colspan=2| [[Image:Lunar eclipse chart close-1996Apr04.png|240px]]<BR>The moon's path through the center of the Earth's shadow.
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+|align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0| [[Saros cycle|Series (and member)]] || 122 (55 of 75)
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+!align=center bgcolor=#c0b0e0 colspan=2| Duration (hr:mn:sc)
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+|align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 | Totality || 1:25:45
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+|align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | Partial || 3:37:08
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+|align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | Penumbral || 5:44:43
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+!align=center bgcolor=#a0d0e0 colspan=2| Contacts
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+|align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P1 || 21:17:22 [[UTC]]
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+|align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U1 || 22:21:13 UTC
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+|align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 | U2 || 23:26:54 UTC
+|-
+|align=center bgcolor=#a0a0e0| Greatest || UTC
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+|align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 | U3 || 0:52:39 UTC
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+|align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U4 || 1:58:21 UTC
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+|align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P4 || 3:02:04 UTC
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 A '''total [[lunar eclipse]]''' took place on April 4, 1996. The moon passed through the [[List of central lunar eclipses|center of the Earth's shadow]].