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April 24, 1986 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Brisbane, Qld, Australia

Apr 24, 1986 at 10:42 pm
Max View in Brisbane, Queensland
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Brisbane, Queensland
Began: Thu, Apr 24, 1986 at 8:06 pm
Maximum: Thu, Apr 24, 1986 at 10:42 pm 1.202 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Apr 25, 1986 at 1:18 am
Duration: 5 hours, 13 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

April 24–25, 1986 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Brisbane

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
8:06 pm Thu, Apr 24
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East 84°
37.3°
9:03 pm Thu, Apr 24
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East-northeast 76°
49.5°
10:10 pm Thu, Apr 24
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East-northeast 61°
63.4°
10:42 pm Thu, Apr 24
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Northeast 48°
69.2°
11:14 pm Thu, Apr 24
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction North-northeast 29°
73.7°
12:21 am Fri, Apr 25
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction North-northwest 329°
73.9°
1:18 am Fri, Apr 25
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West-northwest 299°
65.0°

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

Cloud Coverage (Apr 24–25)

In the past, this day was cloudy 49% 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 Brisbane

Eclipse Visibility From BrisbaneVisibility Worldwide
Mar 2, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 28, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20, 1981 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Feb 5, 1981 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jul 17, 1981 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 10, 1982 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 6, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30–31, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 11, 1983 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jun 25, 1983 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 13–14, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 9, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 23, 1984 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
May 5, 1985 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 29, 1985 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 9, 1986 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Apr 24–25, 1986 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 18, 1986 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 13, 1986 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Sep 23, 1987 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Mar 3–4, 1988 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 27, 1988 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 11, 1988 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 1989 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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

Next total solar eclipse visible in Brisbane

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