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July 4, 1917 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Tehran, Iran

Jul 5, 1917 at 1:04 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Tehran
Began: Wed, Jul 4, 1917 at 10:22 pm
Maximum: Thu, Jul 5, 1917 at 1:04 am 1.618 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Jul 5, 1917 at 3:45 am
Duration: 5 hours, 23 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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July 4–5, 1917 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Tehran

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
10:22 pm Wed, Jul 4
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southeast 155°
26.3°
11:18 pm Wed, Jul 4
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction South 168°
29.7°
12:16 am Thu, Jul 5
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction South 183°
30.5°
1:04 am Thu, Jul 5
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction South-southwest 196°
29.0°
1:52 am Thu, Jul 5
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southwest 207°
25.6°
2:50 am Thu, Jul 5
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction Southwest 219°
19.3°
3:45 am Thu, Jul 5
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Southwest 229°
11.8°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Tehran

Eclipse Visibility From TehranVisibility Worldwide
Nov 17, 1910 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 22, 1911 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 6, 1911 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 1–2, 1912 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Apr 17, 1912 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 15, 1913 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 12, 1914 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 21, 1914 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 4, 1914 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 7, 1914 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Mar 1, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 24–25, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 23, 1917 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jul 4–5, 1917 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 17–18, 1918 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 15, 1919 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 8, 1919 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

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