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March 13, 1960 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Santiago, Chile

Mar 13, 1960 at 4:27 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Santiago
Began: Sun, Mar 13, 1960 at 1:35 am
Maximum: Sun, Mar 13, 1960 at 4:27 am 1.514 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Mar 13, 1960 at 6:49 am
Duration: 5 hours, 15 minutes

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March 13, 1960 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Santiago

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
1:35 am Sun, Mar 13
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction North-northwest 340°
51.0°
2:38 am Sun, Mar 13
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Northwest 319°
44.6°
3:40 am Sun, Mar 13
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction West-northwest 303°
35.1°
4:27 am Sun, Mar 13
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West-northwest 294°
26.9°
5:14 am Sun, Mar 13
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-northwest 286°
18.0°
6:17 am Sun, Mar 13
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.		Map direction West 277°
5.8°
6:49 am Sun, Mar 13SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West 272°
-0.2°
7:20 am Sun, Mar 13Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 268°
-6.9°

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

Cloud Coverage (Mar 13)

In the past, this day was cloudy 13% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

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  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
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  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 Santiago

Eclipse Visibility From SantiagoVisibility Worldwide
Mar 13, 1960 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 5, 1960 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 7, 1960 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Aug 25–26, 1961 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 17, 1962 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9, 1963 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 25, 1963 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jul 6, 1963 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30, 1963 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 24–25, 1964 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 18–19, 1964 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 30, 1965 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jun 13–14, 1965 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
May 4, 1966 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 29, 1966 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 12, 1966 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Apr 24, 1967 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 18, 1967 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 12–13, 1968 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 6, 1968 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 27, 1969 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 11, 1969 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse

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

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