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September 27, 2015 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Paysandú, Uruguay

Sep 27, 2015 at 11:47 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Paysandú
Began: Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 9:11 pm
Maximum: Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 11:47 pm 1.276 Magnitude
Ended: Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 2:22 am
Duration: 5 hours, 11 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

September 27–28, 2015 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Paysandú

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
9:11 pm Sun, Sep 27
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East-northeast 66°
30.2°
10:07 pm Sun, Sep 27
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Northeast 54°
40.0°
11:11 pm Sun, Sep 27
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction Northeast 36°
49.3°
11:47 pm Sun, Sep 27
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction North-northeast 24°
53.0°
12:23 am Mon, Sep 28
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction North 9°
55.1°
1:27 am Mon, Sep 28
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction North-northwest 342°
54.0°
2:22 am Mon, Sep 28
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Northwest 322°
48.5°

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

Cloud Coverage (Sep 27–28)

In the past, this day was cloudy 47% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Paysandú

Eclipse Visibility From PaysandúVisibility Worldwide
Jun 26, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 11, 2010 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Dec 21, 2010 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 15, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 4, 2012 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Apr 25, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
May 25, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 18, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 15, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 2014 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 4, 2015 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 27–28, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 23, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 2016 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Feb 10, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Feb 26, 2017 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 15, 2018 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jul 27, 2018 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20–21, 2019 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 2, 2019 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jul 16, 2019 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit

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