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March 12, 1998 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Buenos Aires, Argentina

Mar 13, 1998 at 1:20 am
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Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Buenos Aires
Began: Thu, Mar 12, 1998 at 11:16 pm
Maximum: Fri, Mar 13, 1998 at 1:20 am -0.383 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Mar 13, 1998 at 3:23 am
Duration: 4 hours, 6 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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March 12–13, 1998 — Penumbral 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 (ART) for Buenos Aires.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
11:16 pm Thu, Mar 12
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction Northeast 37°
43.3°
1:20 am Fri, Mar 13
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction North 353°
50.6°
3:23 am Fri, Mar 13
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Northwest 313°
39.5°

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.

During this penumbral lunar eclipse, the Earth's main shadow did not cover the Moon. As the Earth's shadow (umbra) misses the Moon during a penumbral lunar eclipse, there were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared partially or totally eclipsed during this event. A penumbral lunar eclipse can be a bit hard to see as the shadowed part is only a little bit fainter than the rest of the Moon.

Cloud Coverage (Mar 12–13)

In the past, this day was cloudy 52% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

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  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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