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April 24, 1986 — Total Lunar Eclipse — New Orleans, LA, USA

Apr 24, 1986 at 5:20 am
Near max in New Orleans
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in New Orleans, Louisiana
Began: Thu, Apr 24, 1986 at 4:06 am
Maximum: Thu, Apr 24, 1986 at 5:21 am 0.298 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Apr 24, 1986 at 5:23 am
Duration: 1 hour, 18 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

April 24, 1986 — Total Lunar Eclipse — New Orleans

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:06 am Thu, Apr 24
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West-southwest 245°
14.7°
5:03 am Thu, Apr 24
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-southwest.		Map direction West-southwest 252°
3.6°
5:21 am Thu, Apr 24
Maximum in New Orleans This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in New Orleans. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in New Orleans 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 254°
0.2°
5:23 am Thu, Apr 24SettingMoonset 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-southwest 255°
-0.2°
6:10 am Thu, Apr 24Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction West 260°
-10.5°
6:42 am Thu, Apr 24Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction West 263°
-17.1°
7:14 am Thu, Apr 24Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 267°
-23.7°
8:21 am Thu, Apr 24Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 275°
-37.8°
9:18 am Thu, Apr 24Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 283°
-49.5°

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 New Orleans, but it could be observed there as a partial lunar eclipse.

Cloud Coverage (Apr 24)

In the past, this day was cloudy 51% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
  1. When Is the Next Lunar Eclipse?
  2. Total Lunar Eclipse
  3. Why Does the Moon Turn Red?
  4. Partial Lunar Eclipse
  5. Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
  6. Can I See a Lunar Eclipse?
  7. Blood Moon - Total Lunar Eclipse
  8. Eclipse Seasons
  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 New Orleans

Eclipse Visibility From New OrleansVisibility Worldwide
Aug 10, 1980 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Aug 25–26, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 19–20, 1981 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 16–17, 1981 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 5–6, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 25, 1983 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 19, 1983 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 14–15, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 30, 1984 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Apr 24, 1986 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 3, 1986 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Apr 13, 1987 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 6–7, 1987 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 27, 1988 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20, 1989 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 1989 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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