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April 24, 1986 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Tokyo, Japan

Apr 24, 1986 at 9:42 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Tokyo
Began: Thu, Apr 24, 1986 at 7:06 pm
Maximum: Thu, Apr 24, 1986 at 9:42 pm 1.202 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Apr 25, 1986 at 12:18 am
Duration: 5 hours, 13 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

April 24–25, 1986 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Tokyo

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
7:06 pm Thu, Apr 24
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East-southeast 114°
9.9°
8:03 pm Thu, Apr 24
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southeast 123°
19.5°
9:10 pm Thu, Apr 24
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction Southeast 137°
29.3°
9:42 pm Thu, Apr 24
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southeast 145°
33.1°
10:14 pm Thu, Apr 24
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southeast 153°
36.2°
11:21 pm Thu, Apr 24
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction South 173°
39.7°
12:18 am Fri, Apr 25
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South 190°
39.0°

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

Cloud Coverage (Apr 24–25)

In the past, this day was cloudy 54% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Tokyo

Eclipse Visibility From TokyoVisibility Worldwide
Mar 2, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 28, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20, 1981 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 31, 1981 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 10, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 6, 1982 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 25, 1983 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 13–14, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 9, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 5, 1985 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 20, 1985 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Oct 28–29, 1985 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 24–25, 1986 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 18, 1986 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 13, 1986 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Sep 23, 1987 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Mar 3–4, 1988 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 18, 1988 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 27, 1988 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 1989 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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