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April 24, 1986 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Apr 24, 1986 at 8:42 pm
Max View in Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality
Began: Thu, Apr 24, 1986 at 6:18 pm
Maximum: Thu, Apr 24, 1986 at 8:42 pm 1.202 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Apr 24, 1986 at 11:18 pm
Duration: 5 hours, 1 minute

All times shown on this page are local time.

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April 24, 1986 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Shanghai

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
6:06 pm Thu, Apr 24Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 103°
-2.5°
6:18 pm Thu, Apr 24RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East-southeast 104°
-0.2°
7:03 pm Thu, Apr 24
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-southeast.		Map direction East-southeast 110°
8.0°
8:10 pm Thu, Apr 24
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East-southeast 121°
20.3°
8:42 pm Thu, Apr 24
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southeast 126°
25.7°
9:14 pm Thu, Apr 24
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction Southeast 133°
30.6°
10:21 pm Thu, Apr 24
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southeast 149°
39.1°
11:18 pm Thu, Apr 24
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South-southeast 167°
43.2°

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

Cloud Coverage (Apr 24)

In the past, this day was cloudy 63% 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 Shanghai

Eclipse Visibility From ShanghaiVisibility Worldwide
Feb 16, 1980 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Mar 2, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 28, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20, 1981 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 31, 1981 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 10, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 13, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 8–9, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 5, 1985 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 20, 1985 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Oct 28–29, 1985 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 24, 1986 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 18, 1986 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 13, 1986 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Sep 23, 1987 Annular Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Mar 3–4, 1988 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 18, 1988 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 27, 1988 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 1989 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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

Next total solar eclipse visible in Shanghai

Next annular eclipse visible in Shanghai

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