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October 18, 1967 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Wichita, KS, USA

Oct 18, 1967 at 5:15 am
Max View in Wichita, Kansas
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Wichita, Kansas
Began: Wed, Oct 18, 1967 at 2:11 am
Maximum: Wed, Oct 18, 1967 at 5:15 am 1.142 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Oct 18, 1967 at 7:49 am
Duration: 5 hours, 38 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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October 18, 1967 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Wichita

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
2:11 am Wed, Oct 18
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southwest 209°
57.2°
3:25 am Wed, Oct 18
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southwest 234°
47.7°
4:45 am Wed, Oct 18
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction West-southwest 252°
34.0°
5:15 am Wed, Oct 18
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West-southwest 258°
28.5°
5:45 am Wed, Oct 18
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction West 263°
22.8°
7:04 am Wed, Oct 18
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.		Map direction West 275°
7.7°
7:49 am Wed, Oct 18SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West-northwest 282°
-0.2°
8:18 am Wed, Oct 18Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 286°
-6.2°

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

Cloud Coverage (Oct 18)

In the past, this day was cloudy 46% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Wichita

Eclipse Visibility From WichitaVisibility 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 Total 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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