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April 24, 1986 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Montevideo, Uruguay

Apr 24, 1986 at 7:08 am
Near max in Montevideo
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Montevideo
Began: Thu, Apr 24, 1986 at 7:06 am
Maximum: Thu, Apr 24, 1986 at 7:09 am -0.910 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Apr 24, 1986 at 7:11 am
Duration: 5 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

April 24, 1986 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Montevideo

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
7:06 am Thu, Apr 24
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.		Map direction West-southwest 255°
0.6°
7:09 am Thu, Apr 24
Maximum in Montevideo This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Montevideo. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Montevideo because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to West-southwest for the best view of the eclipse.		Map direction West-southwest 255°
0.2°
7:11 am Thu, Apr 24SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West-southwest 254°
-0.2°
8:03 am Thu, Apr 24Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction West-southwest 247°
-10.3°
9:10 am Thu, Apr 24Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction Southwest 235°
-21.8°
9:42 am Thu, Apr 24Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction Southwest 229°
-26.7°
10:14 am Thu, Apr 24Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction Southwest 222°
-31.1°
11:21 am Thu, Apr 24Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction South-southwest 206°
-38.3°
12:18 pm Thu, Apr 24Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction South 189°
-41.5°

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.

The total phase of this lunar eclipse was not visible in Montevideo, but it could be observed there as a penumbral lunar eclipse. A penumbral lunar eclipse can be a bit hard to see as the shadowed part is only a little bit fainter than the rest of the Moon.

Cloud Coverage (Apr 24)

In the past, this day was cloudy 65% 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 Montevideo

Eclipse Visibility From MontevideoVisibility Worldwide
Mar 1, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 10, 1980 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Aug 25–26, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20, 1981 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Feb 4, 1981 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jul 16–17, 1981 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 6, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 25, 1983 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 19–20, 1983 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 14–15, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 4, 1985 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 24, 1986 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17, 1986 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 29, 1987 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Apr 13–14, 1987 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 6–7, 1987 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 27, 1988 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 1989 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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

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