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May 4, 1985 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Plovdiv, Bulgaria

May 4, 1985 at 10:56 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Plovdiv
Began: Sat, May 4, 1985 at 8:21 pm
Maximum: Sat, May 4, 1985 at 10:56 pm 1.237 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, May 5, 1985 at 1:31 am
Duration: 5 hours, 10 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

May 4–5, 1985 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Plovdiv

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
8:21 pm Sat, May 4
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.		Map direction East-southeast 112°
1.4°
9:16 pm Sat, May 4
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East-southeast 122°
9.8°
10:22 pm Sat, May 4
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction Southeast 135°
18.7°
10:56 pm Sat, May 4
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southeast 142°
22.6°
11:30 pm Sat, May 4
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southeast 150°
25.8°
12:35 am Sun, May 5
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southeast 167°
29.8°
1:31 am Sun, May 5
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South 182°
30.6°

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

Cloud Coverage (May 4–5)

In the past, this day was cloudy 46% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Plovdiv

Eclipse Visibility From PlovdivVisibility Worldwide
Mar 1–2, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 27, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 26, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20, 1981 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 17, 1981 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 31, 1981 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 9–10, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 15, 1982 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Dec 4, 1983 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Dec 20, 1983 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 15, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 30, 1984 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 8, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 4–5, 1985 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 28, 1985 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17–18, 1986 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 13, 1986 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Apr 14, 1987 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 7, 1987 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 1988 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20, 1989 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 17, 1989 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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