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December 9, 1992 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Moscow, Russia (Moskva)

Dec 10, 1992 at 2:44 am
Max View in Moscow, Moscow
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Moscow, Moscow
Began: Wed, Dec 9, 1992 at 11:56 pm
Maximum: Thu, Dec 10, 1992 at 2:44 am 1.271 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Dec 10, 1992 at 5:31 am
Duration: 5 hours, 34 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

December 9–10, 1992 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Moscow

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
11:56 pm Wed, Dec 9
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South 171°
56.8°
12:59 am Thu, Dec 10
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction South-southwest 197°
56.0°
2:07 am Thu, Dec 10
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction Southwest 221°
51.4°
2:44 am Thu, Dec 10
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southwest 233°
47.7°
3:21 am Thu, Dec 10
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 243°
43.4°
4:28 am Thu, Dec 10
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West 259°
34.7°
5:31 am Thu, Dec 10
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West 272°
26.2°

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

Cloud Coverage (Dec 9–10)

In the past, this day was cloudy 93% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

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  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Moscow

Eclipse Visibility From MoscowVisibility Worldwide
Feb 9–10, 1990 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 1990 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 30, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 26, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 9–10, 1992 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 21, 1993 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Nov 6, 1993 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Nov 29, 1993 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 18, 1994 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 1995 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar 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 Partial 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 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse

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