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April 21, 1921 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Barranquilla, Colombia

Apr 22, 1921 at 2:44 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Barranquilla
Began: Thu, Apr 21, 1921 at 11:58 pm
Maximum: Fri, Apr 22, 1921 at 2:44 am 1.068 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Apr 22, 1921 at 5:30 am
Duration: 5 hours, 32 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

April 21–22, 1921 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Barranquilla

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
11:58 pm Thu, Apr 21
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South 183°
67.4°
1:03 am Fri, Apr 22
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southwest 217°
61.4°
2:24 am Fri, Apr 22
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction West-southwest 239°
46.5°
2:44 am Fri, Apr 22
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West-southwest 242°
42.3°
3:04 am Fri, Apr 22
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 245°
37.9°
4:25 am Fri, Apr 22
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 252°
19.8°
5:30 am Fri, Apr 22
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-southwest.		Map direction West-southwest 256°
5.0°

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

Cloud Coverage (Apr 21–22)

In the past, this day was cloudy 63% 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
  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 Barranquilla

Eclipse Visibility From BarranquillaVisibility Worldwide
May 2, 1920 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 21–22, 1921 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 16, 1921 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 13, 1922 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 28, 1922 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Oct 5, 1922 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 2–3, 1923 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 26, 1923 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 10, 1923 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
May 7, 1924 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Jan 24, 1925 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Feb 8, 1925 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 4, 1925 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 28, 1926 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 24–25, 1926 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 18–19, 1926 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 15, 1927 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 3, 1928 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 27, 1928 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 23, 1929 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 16, 1929 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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Next annular eclipse visible in Barranquilla

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