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September 27, 2015 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Quito, Ecuador

Sep 27, 2015 at 9:47 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Quito
Began: Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 7:11 pm
Maximum: Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 9:47 pm 1.276 Magnitude
Ended: Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 12:22 am
Duration: 5 hours, 11 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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September 27–28, 2015 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Quito

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Quito. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (ECT) for Quito.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
7:11 pm Sun, Sep 27
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East 88°
17.1°
8:07 pm Sun, Sep 27
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East 88°
30.5°
9:11 pm Sun, Sep 27
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East 87°
46.1°
9:47 pm Sun, Sep 27
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East 86°
54.8°
10:23 pm Sun, Sep 27
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East 85°
63.6°
11:27 pm Sun, Sep 27
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 78°
79.1°
12:22 am Mon, Sep 28
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Northwest 308°
86.3°

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The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

This total lunar eclipse was fully visible in Quito. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (Sep 27–28)

In the past, this day was cloudy 62% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Quito

Eclipse Visibility From QuitoVisibility Worldwide
Jun 26, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 21, 2010 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 4, 2012 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 5, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
May 24, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 18, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 3, 2013 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Apr 14–15, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 4, 2015 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 27–28, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 23, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 2016 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Feb 10, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 21, 2017 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 31, 2018 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 27, 2018 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20–21, 2019 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 2, 2019 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jul 16, 2019 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit

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