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April 14, 2014 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Jefferson City, MO, USA

Apr 15, 2014 at 2:45 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Jefferson City, Missouri
Began: Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 11:53 pm
Maximum: Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 2:45 am 1.290 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 5:37 am
Duration: 5 hours, 44 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

April 14–15, 2014 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Jefferson City

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
11:53 pm Mon, Apr 14
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southeast 157°
38.5°
12:58 am Tue, Apr 15
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction South 177°
40.9°
2:06 am Tue, Apr 15
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction South-southwest 199°
38.8°
2:45 am Tue, Apr 15
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction South-southwest 210°
35.6°
3:24 am Tue, Apr 15
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction Southwest 220°
31.2°
4:33 am Tue, Apr 15
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction Southwest 234°
21.5°
5:37 am Tue, Apr 15
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West-southwest 246°
10.7°

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

Cloud Coverage (Apr 14–15)

In the past, this day was cloudy 59% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

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  10. Magnitude of Eclipses
  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Jefferson City

Eclipse Visibility From Jefferson CityVisibility Worldwide
Jun 26, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 20–21, 2010 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10, 2011 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 20, 2012 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 4, 2012 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 5, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 28, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 24, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 18, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 14–15, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 23, 2014 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Apr 4, 2015 Partial 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
Aug 21, 2017 Total Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 31, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20–21, 2019 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit

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