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June 4, 1993 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Kaesong, North Korea (Gaeseong)

Jun 4, 1993 at 10:00 pm
Max View in Kaesong
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Kaesong
Began: Fri, Jun 4, 1993 at 7:42 pm
Maximum: Fri, Jun 4, 1993 at 10:00 pm 1.561 Magnitude
Ended: Sat, Jun 5, 1993 at 12:48 am
Duration: 5 hours, 7 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

June 4–5, 1993 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Kaesong

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
7:12 pm Fri, Jun 4Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 114°
-5.9°
7:42 pm Fri, Jun 4RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East-southeast 118°
-0.2°
8:11 pm Fri, Jun 4
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-southeast.		Map direction East-southeast 123°
4.1°
9:12 pm Fri, Jun 4
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction Southeast 133°
13.1°
10:00 pm Fri, Jun 4
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southeast 142°
19.1°
10:48 pm Fri, Jun 4
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southeast 153°
23.9°
11:49 pm Fri, Jun 4
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southeast 167°
27.9°
12:48 am Sat, Jun 5
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South 182°
28.8°

How to use altitude & direction to find in the sky

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

Cloud Coverage (Jun 4–5)

In the past, this day was cloudy 63% 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 Kaesong

Eclipse Visibility From KaesongVisibility Worldwide
Feb 10, 1990 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 1990 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 6–7, 1990 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 27, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 21, 1991 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10, 1992 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 24, 1992 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jun 4–5, 1993 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 6, 1993 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Nov 29, 1993 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 18, 1994 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 15, 1995 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8–9, 1995 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 24, 1995 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Mar 9, 1997 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 17, 1997 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 6, 1998 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31–Feb 1, 1999 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 28, 1999 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

Next annular eclipse visible in Kaesong

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