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April 24, 1986 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Taipei, Taiwan

Apr 24, 1986 at 8:42 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Taipei
Began: Thu, Apr 24, 1986 at 6:10 pm
Maximum: Thu, Apr 24, 1986 at 8:42 pm 1.202 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Apr 24, 1986 at 11:18 pm
Duration: 5 hours, 8 minutes

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April 24, 1986 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Taipei

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
6:06 pm Thu, Apr 24Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 103°
-1.0°
6:10 pm Thu, Apr 24RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East-southeast 103°
-0.2°
7:03 pm Thu, Apr 24
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East-southeast 109°
10.1°
8:10 pm Thu, Apr 24
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East-southeast 119°
23.4°
8:42 pm Thu, Apr 24
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southeast 124°
29.3°
9:14 pm Thu, Apr 24
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction Southeast 130°
34.8°
10:21 pm Thu, Apr 24
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southeast 147°
44.4°
11:18 pm Thu, Apr 24
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South-southeast 165°
49.3°

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

Cloud Coverage (Apr 24)

In the past, this day was cloudy 82% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Taipei

Eclipse Visibility From TaipeiVisibility Worldwide
Feb 16, 1980 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
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
Dec 30, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 11, 1983 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jun 25, 1983 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 13, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 8–9, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 5, 1985 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 28–29, 1985 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 24, 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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