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September 28, 2015 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Jerusalem, Israel

Sep 28, 2015 at 5:47 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Jerusalem
Began: Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 3:11 am
Maximum: Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 5:47 am 1.276 Magnitude
Ended: Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 6:35 am
Duration: 3 hours, 24 minutes

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September 28, 2015 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Jerusalem

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
3:11 am Mon, Sep 28
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West-southwest 240°
39.2°
4:07 am Mon, Sep 28
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction West-southwest 250°
28.9°
5:11 am Mon, Sep 28
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction West 260°
16.3°
5:47 am Mon, Sep 28
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.		Map direction West 265°
9.1°
6:23 am Mon, Sep 28
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.		Map direction West 270°
2.0°
6:35 am Mon, Sep 28SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West 271°
-0.2°
7:27 am Mon, Sep 28Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 278°
-11.2°
8:22 am Mon, Sep 28Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 286°
-22.1°

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

Cloud Coverage (Sep 28)

In the past, this day was cloudy 16% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Jerusalem

Eclipse Visibility From JerusalemVisibility Worldwide
Jan 15, 2010 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jan 4, 2011 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jun 15–16, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 6, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 28, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 25–26, 2013 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Oct 19, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 3, 2013 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Mar 20, 2015 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 28, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 2016 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Sep 16, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Feb 11, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 7, 2017 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31, 2018 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 27–28, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 21, 2019 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 16–17, 2019 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit

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

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