September 1996 lunar eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse September 27, 1996

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series	127 (41 of 72)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality	1:09:12
Partial	3:23:17
Penumbral	5:20:52
Contacts
P1	0:13:59 UTC
U1	1:12:43
U2	2:19:46
Greatest	2:54:22
U3	3:28:57
U4	4:35:59
P4	5:34:51

A total lunar eclipse took place on September 27, 1996, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1996, the first being on April 4th.

Visibility

It was visible from all of North and South America, Europe and Africa.

This is the second of four lunar year eclipses at the ascending node of the moon's orbit.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1995–1998
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros Photo	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros Photo	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
112	1995 Apr 15	Partial	−0.95939	117	1995 Oct 08	Penumbral	1.11794
122	1996 Apr 04	Total	−0.25339	127	1996 Sep 27	Total	0.34264
132	1997 Mar 24	Partial	0.48990	137	1997 Sep 16	Total	−0.37684
142	1998 Mar 13	Penumbral	1.19644	147	1998 Sep 06	Penumbral	−1.10579

Last set	1994 May 25			Last set	1994 Nov 18

Next set	1999 Jan 31			Next set	1998 Aug 08