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October 6, 1949 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Caracas, Venezuela

Oct 6, 1949 at 10:26 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Caracas
Began: Thu, Oct 6, 1949 at 7:21 pm
Maximum: Thu, Oct 6, 1949 at 10:26 pm 1.223 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Oct 7, 1949 at 1:31 am
Duration: 6 hours, 9 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

October 6–7, 1949 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Caracas

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Thu, Oct 6, 1949 at 7:16 pm VET
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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Caracas. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (VET) for Caracas.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
7:21 pm Thu, Oct 6
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East 90°
24.7°
8:35 pm Thu, Oct 6
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East 93°
42.4°
9:50 pm Thu, Oct 6
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East 98°
60.5°
10:26 pm Thu, Oct 6
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-southeast 103°
69.2°
11:02 pm Thu, Oct 6
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-southeast 114°
77.6°
12:17 am Fri, Oct 7
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction Southwest 235°
81.2°
1:31 am Fri, Oct 7
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West 261°
64.4°

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

Cloud Coverage (Oct 6–7)

In the past, this day was cloudy 70% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  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 Caracas

Eclipse Visibility From CaracasVisibility Worldwide
Apr 7, 1940 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Apr 21–22, 1940 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 1, 1940 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Oct 16, 1940 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 1940 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Mar 13, 1941 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 27, 1941 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Mar 2, 1942 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 25–26, 1942 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 19–20, 1943 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 25, 1944 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Feb 8–9, 1944 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 5–6, 1944 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 18–19, 1945 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 23, 1946 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Nov 12, 1947 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 28, 1947 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17–18, 1948 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 12–13, 1949 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 6–7, 1949 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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