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March 2, 1961 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Chicago, IL, USA

Mar 2, 1961 at 6:24 am
Max View in Chicago, Illinois
Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Chicago, Illinois
Began: Thu, Mar 2, 1961 at 4:34 am
Maximum: Thu, Mar 2, 1961 at 6:24 am 0.398 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Mar 2, 1961 at 6:29 am
Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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March 2, 1961 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Chicago

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:34 am Thu, Mar 2
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West 261°
20.1°
5:51 am Thu, Mar 2
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.		Map direction West 274°
6.1°
6:24 am Thu, Mar 2
Maximum in Chicago This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Chicago. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Chicago 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 for the best view of the eclipse.		Map direction West 279°
0.5°
6:29 am Thu, Mar 2SettingMoonset Setting, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase makes the Moon so dim before it sets, that it might disappear from view some time before it sets.Map direction West 280°
-0.2°
7:28 am Thu, Mar 2Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 290°
-11.1°
9:04 am Thu, Mar 2Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction Northwest 308°
-26.4°
10:21 am Thu, Mar 2Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction North-northwest 327°
-35.9°

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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.

During this partial lunar eclipse, the Earth's shadow covered only parts of the Moon, as seen from Chicago. There were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared completely covered during this event.

Cloud Coverage (Mar 2)

In the past, this day was cloudy 85% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  4. Partial Lunar Eclipse
  5. Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
  6. Can I See a Lunar Eclipse?
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  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 Chicago

Eclipse Visibility From ChicagoVisibility Worldwide
Mar 12–13, 1960 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 5, 1960 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 20, 1960 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Nov 7, 1960 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Mar 2, 1961 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 25–26, 1961 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 19, 1962 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 17, 1962 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9, 1963 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 20, 1963 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Dec 30, 1963 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 24, 1964 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 18, 1964 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 13, 1965 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Oct 29, 1966 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 24, 1967 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 1967 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Oct 18, 1967 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 12–13, 1968 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 6, 1968 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 27, 1969 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 11, 1969 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse

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