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April 22, 1921 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Tarawa, Kiribati

Apr 22, 1921 at 7:44 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Tarawa
Began: Fri, Apr 22, 1921 at 6:26 pm
Maximum: Fri, Apr 22, 1921 at 7:44 pm 1.068 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Apr 22, 1921 at 10:30 pm
Duration: 4 hours, 4 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

April 22, 1921 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Tarawa

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:58 pm Fri, Apr 22Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 101°
-21.5°
6:03 pm Fri, Apr 22Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 101°
-6.2°
6:26 pm Fri, Apr 22RisingMoonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends.Map direction East-southeast 101°
-0.2°
7:24 pm Fri, Apr 22
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East-southeast 102°
13.0°
7:44 pm Fri, Apr 22
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-southeast 102°
17.7°
8:04 pm Fri, Apr 22
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-southeast 103°
22.4°
9:25 pm Fri, Apr 22
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-southeast 107°
41.4°
10:30 pm Fri, Apr 22
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-southeast 114°
56.2°

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

Cloud Coverage (Apr 22)

In the past, this day was cloudy 77% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
  1. When Is the Next Lunar Eclipse?
  2. Total Lunar Eclipse
  3. Why Does the Moon Turn Red?
  4. Partial Lunar Eclipse
  5. Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
  6. Can I See a Lunar Eclipse?
  7. Blood Moon - Total Lunar Eclipse
  8. Eclipse Seasons
  9. What Is a Tetrad?
  10. Magnitude of Eclipses
  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Tarawa

Eclipse Visibility From TarawaVisibility Worldwide
Oct 27–28, 1920 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 22, 1921 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 13–14, 1922 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 26–27, 1923 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 1924 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 8, 1924 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Aug 15, 1924 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 21, 1925 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Aug 4–5, 1925 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 10, 1926 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Dec 19, 1926 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 4, 1927 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 15, 1927 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 10, 1927 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Dec 9, 1927 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 3–4, 1928 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 27, 1928 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 23–24, 1929 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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