September 1996 lunar eclipse

Total lunar eclipse September 27, 1996

Total Lunar Eclipse
September 27, 1996

The mid-infrared image of the Moon was taken during a September 1996 lunar eclipse by the SPIRIT-III instrument aboard the orbiting Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) satellite.

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 Friday, September 27, 1996, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1996, the first being on Thursday, April 4. This is the 41st member of Lunar Saros 127. The previous event is the September 1978 lunar eclipse. The next event is the October 2014 lunar eclipse.

This eclipse was the second of an almost tetrad (that occurred when there were 4 consecutive lunar eclipses that had an umbral eclipse magnitude of 0.9 or greater). The others were 04 Apr 1996 (T), 24 Mar 1997 (P) and 16 Sep 1997 (T).

## Visibility

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

## Mid-infrared image of the Moon

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During its totality, the Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) satellite's SPIRIT-III instrument took the image of the Moon in mid-infrared. At these wavelengths, MSX was able to characterize the thermal (heat) distribution of the lunar surface during the eclipse. The brightest regions are the warmest, and the darkest areas are the coolest. The well-known crater Tycho is the bright object to the south of center. Numerous other craters are also seen as bright spots, indicating that their temperature is higher than in the surrounding dark mare.[1]

## Related eclipses

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### Eclipses of 1996

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* A total lunar eclipse on April 4.
* A partial solar eclipse on April 17.
* A total lunar eclipse on September 27.
* A partial solar eclipse on October 12.

### Lunar year series

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This is the second of four lunar year eclipses at the descending 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

### Saros series

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Lunar saros series 127, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 54 umbral lunar eclipses (38 partial lunar eclipses and 16 total lunar eclipses). Solar Saros 134 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

Greatest  | First

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The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1888 Jul 23, lasting 102 minutes.  | Penumbral  | Partial  | Total  | Central
1275 Jul 09  | 1473 Nov 04  | 1798 May 29  | 1834 Jun 21
Last
Central  | Total  | Partial  | Penumbral
1960 Sep 05 | 2068 Nov 09  | 2429 Jun 17  | 2555 Sep 02
1901–2100  1906 Aug 04 | 1924 Aug 14 | 1942 Aug 26

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1960 Sep 05 | 1978 Sep 16 | 1996 Sep 27
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2014 Oct 08 | 2032 Oct 18 | 2050 Oct 30
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2068 Nov 09

### Half-Saros cycle

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A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 134.

September 23, 1987 | October 3, 2005

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## See also

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* List of lunar eclipses
* List of 20th-century lunar eclipses

## References

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1. ^ NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Eclipsed Moon in Infrared (8 November 2003)
2. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

## External links

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* Saros cycle 127
* 1996 Sep 27 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
* September 1996 lunar eclipse

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Lunar eclipses

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* 159
* 160
* 161
* 162
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Partial eclipses

* 1903 Apr
* 1914 Mar
* 1916 Jul
* 1952 Feb
* 1952 Aug
* 1954 Jul
* 1955 Nov
* 1956 May
* 1958 May
* 1959 Mar
* 1961 Mar
* 1961 Aug
* 1963 Jul
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* 2034 Sep
* 2035 Aug
* 2037 Jul
* 2039 Jun
* 2039 Nov
* 2041 May
* 2041 Nov
* 2046 Jan
* 2046 Jul
* 2048 Jun
* 2052 Oct
* 2055 Aug
* 2075 Jun
* 2099 Apr

Total eclipses

* 1504 Mar
* 1910 May
* 1913 Sep
* 1920 May
* 1950 Apr
* 1950 Sep
* 1953 Jan
* 1953 Jul
* 1954 Jan
* 1956 Nov
* 1957 May
* 1957 Nov
* 1960 Mar
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* 1967 Apr
* 1967 Oct
* 1968 Apr
* 1968 Oct
* 1971 Feb
* 1971 Aug
* 1972 Jan
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* 1975 May
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* 1978 Mar
* 1978 Sep
* 1979 Sep
* 1982 Jan
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* 1982 Dec
* 1985 May
* 1985 Oct
* 1986 Apr
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* 1989 Feb
* 1989 Aug
* 1990 Feb
* 1992 Dec
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* 1996 Apr
* 1996 Sep
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* 2000 Jan
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* 2003 Nov
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* 2004 Oct
* 2007 Mar
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* 2010 Dec
* 2011 Jun
* 2011 Dec
* 2014 Apr
* 2014 Oct
* 2015 Apr
* 2015 Sep
* 2018 Jan
* 2018 Jul
* 2019 Jan
* 2021 May
* 2022 May
* 2022 Nov
* → 2025 Mar
* 2025 Sep
* 2026 Mar
* 2028 Dec
* 2029 Jun
* 2029 Dec
* 2032 Apr
* 2032 Oct
* 2033 Apr
* 2033 Oct
* 2036 Feb
* 2036 Aug
* 2037 Jan
* 2040 May
* 2040 Nov
* 2043 Mar
* 2043 Sep
* 2044 Mar
* 2044 Sep
* 2047 Jan
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* 2048 Jan
* 2050 May
* 2050 Oct
* 2051 Apr
* 2051 Oct
* 2054 Feb
* 2054 Aug
* 2055 Feb
* 2058 Jun
* 2065 Jul
* 2069 May
* 2072 Aug
* 2076 Jun
* 2083 Jul
* 2084 Jan
* 2087 May
* 2090 Sep
* 2094 Jun
* 2123 Jun
* 2170 May

Penumbral eclipses

| Partial|

* 23 Mar 1940
* 22 Apr 1940
* 16 Oct 1940
* 1951 Feb 21
* 1951 Mar 23
* 1951 Aug 17
* 1951 Sep 15
* 1955 Jan 08
* 1955 Jun 05
* 1958 Apr 04
* 1958 Oct 27
* 1959 Sep 17
* 1962 Feb 19
* 1962 Jul 17
* 1962 Aug 15
* 1965 Dec 08
* 1966 May 04
* 1966 Oct 29
* 1969 Apr 02
* 1969 Aug 27
* 1969 Sep 25
* 1973 Jan 18
* 1973 Jun 15
* 1973 Jul 15
* 1976 Nov 06
* 1977 Sep 27
* 1980 Mar 01
* 1980 Jul 27
* 1980 Aug 26
* 1983 Dec 20
* 1984 May 15
* 1984 Jun 13
* 1984 Nov 08
* 1987 Apr 14
* 1987 Oct 07
* 1991 Jan 30
* 1991 Jun 27
* 1991 Jul 26
* 1994 Nov 18
* 1995 Oct 08
* 1998 Mar 13
* 1998 Aug 08
* 1998 Sep 06
* 2001 Dec 30
* 2002 May 26
* 2002 Jun 24
* 2002 Nov 20
* 2005 Apr 24
* 2009 Feb 09
* 2009 Jul 07
* 2009 Aug 06
* 2012 Nov 28
* 2013 May 25
* 2013 Oct 18
* 2016 Mar 23
* 2016 Aug 18
* 2016 Sep 16
* 2017 Feb 11
* 2020 Jan 10
* 2020 Jun 05
* 2020 Jul 05
* 2020 Nov 30
* 2023 May 05
* 2024 Mar 25
* → 2027 Feb 20
* 2027 Jul 18
* 2027 Aug 17
* 2030 Dec 09
* 2031 May 07
* 2031 Jun 05
* 2031 Oct 30
* 2034 Apr 03
* 2035 Feb 22
* 2038 Jan 21
* 2038 Jun 17
* 2038 Jul 16
* 2038 Dec 11
* 2042 Apr 05
* 2042 Oct 28
* 2045 Mar 03
* 2045 Aug 27
* 2048 Dec 20
* 2049 May 17
* 2049 Jun 15
* 2049 Nov 09
* 2052 Apr 14
* 2053 Mar 04
* 2060 Nov 08
* 2107 May 7

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Total|

* 1963 Jan 09
* 1981 Jan 20
* 1988 Mar 03
* 1999 Jan 31
* 2006 Mar 14
* → 2053 Aug 29
* 2070 Apr 25

Related|

* Danjon scale
* Eclipse cycle
* Eclipse season
* Eclipses in mythology and culture
* Gamma
* Solar eclipse

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