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November 29, 1993 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Paris, Paris, France

Nov 29, 1993 at 7:26 am
Max View in Paris, Paris
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Paris, Paris
Began: Mon, Nov 29, 1993 at 4:28 am
Maximum: Mon, Nov 29, 1993 at 7:26 am 1.087 Magnitude
Ended: Mon, Nov 29, 1993 at 8:25 am
Duration: 3 hours, 57 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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November 29, 1993 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Paris

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:28 am Mon, Nov 29
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West 261°
35.2°
5:40 am Mon, Nov 29
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction West 274°
23.7°
7:02 am Mon, Nov 29
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction West-northwest 288°
11.0°
7:26 am Mon, Nov 29
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.		Map direction West-northwest 292°
7.6°
7:49 am Mon, Nov 29
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.		Map direction West-northwest 296°
4.3°
8:25 am Mon, Nov 29SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West-northwest 303°
-0.2°
9:11 am Mon, Nov 29Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction Northwest 311°
-6.6°
10:23 am Mon, Nov 29Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction North-northwest 326°
-14.0°

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

Cloud Coverage (Nov 29)

In the past, this day was cloudy 88% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

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  7. Blood Moon - Total Lunar Eclipse
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  10. Magnitude of Eclipses
  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Paris

Eclipse Visibility From ParisVisibility Worldwide
Feb 9, 1990 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 30, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 27, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 15, 1992 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 9–10, 1992 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 29, 1993 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 10, 1994 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
May 25, 1994 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 18, 1994 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 1995 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 3–4, 1996 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 27, 1996 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 12, 1996 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Mar 24, 1997 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 16, 1997 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 13, 1998 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 8, 1998 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31, 1999 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 11, 1999 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse

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