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April 4, 1996 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Halabja, Iraq (Helebce)

Apr 4, 1996 at 4:09 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Halabja
Began: Thu, Apr 4, 1996 at 1:17 am
Maximum: Thu, Apr 4, 1996 at 4:09 am 1.379 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Apr 4, 1996 at 6:45 am
Duration: 5 hours, 28 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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April 4, 1996 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Halabja

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
1:17 am Thu, Apr 4
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South 189°
48.3°
2:21 am Thu, Apr 4
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction South-southwest 210°
43.8°
3:26 am Thu, Apr 4
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction Southwest 228°
35.2°
4:09 am Thu, Apr 4
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West-southwest 237°
28.3°
4:52 am Thu, Apr 4
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 245°
20.8°
5:58 am Thu, Apr 4
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-southwest.		Map direction West-southwest 255°
8.4°
6:45 am Thu, Apr 4SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West 262°
-0.2°
7:02 am Thu, Apr 4Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 264°
-4.1°

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

Cloud Coverage (Apr 4)

In the past, this day was cloudy 49% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Halabja

Eclipse Visibility From HalabjaVisibility Worldwide
Feb 9–10, 1990 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 1990 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 6, 1990 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 26, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 9–10, 1992 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 6, 1993 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Nov 29, 1993 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 25, 1994 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 1995 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 24, 1995 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Apr 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 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 16–17, 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 Total Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse

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