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December 9, 1992 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Buenos Aires, Argentina

Dec 9, 1992 at 9:44 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Buenos Aires
Began: Wed, Dec 9, 1992 at 8:53 pm
Maximum: Wed, Dec 9, 1992 at 9:44 pm 1.271 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Dec 10, 1992 at 12:31 am
Duration: 3 hours, 37 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

December 9–10, 1992 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Buenos Aires

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
6:56 pm Wed, Dec 9Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 75°
-22.3°
7:59 pm Wed, Dec 9Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 68°
-10.5°
8:53 pm Wed, Dec 9RisingMoonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends.Map direction East-northeast 61°
-0.2°
9:07 pm Wed, Dec 9
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.		Map direction East-northeast 59°
1.8°
9:44 pm Wed, Dec 9
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Northeast.		Map direction Northeast 54°
7.7°
10:21 pm Wed, Dec 9
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction Northeast 48°
13.3°
11:28 pm Wed, Dec 9
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction Northeast 35°
22.2°
12:31 am Thu, Dec 10
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction North-northeast 21°
28.2°

How to use altitude & direction to find in the sky

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 Buenos Aires. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (Dec 9–10)

In the past, this day was cloudy 38% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

  1. When Is the Next Lunar Eclipse?
  2. Total Lunar Eclipse
  3. Why Does the Moon Turn Red?
  4. Partial Lunar Eclipse
  5. Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
  6. Can I See a Lunar Eclipse?
  7. Blood Moon - Total Lunar Eclipse
  8. Eclipse Seasons
  9. What Is a Tetrad?
  10. Magnitude of Eclipses
  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Buenos Aires

Eclipse Visibility From Buenos AiresVisibility Worldwide
Jan 26, 1990 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jan 30, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 26–27, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 11, 1991 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Dec 21, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 14–15, 1992 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 30, 1992 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Dec 9–10, 1992 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 4, 1993 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 29, 1993 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 24–25, 1994 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 3, 1994 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Nov 18, 1994 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 15, 1995 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Apr 29, 1995 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Apr 3–4, 1996 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 26–27, 1996 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 23–24, 1997 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 12–13, 1998 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 7–8, 1998 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 6, 1998 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 28, 1999 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Buenos Aires, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.

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