Total Eclipse of the Moon, 1996 April 3-4; the beginning of
the umbral phase visible in extreme eastern North America, South
America (except for the northwest and the west coast), southern
and eastern Greenland, Europe, Africa, western and central Asia,
the extreme western coast of Australia, part of Antarctica, most
of the North Atlantic Ocean, the South Atlantic Ocean, and the
Indian Ocean; the end visible in eastern and central regions of
the United States and Canada, most of Mexico, Central America,
South America, Greenland, Europe, Africa, western Asia, part of
Antarctica, the eastern South Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean,
and the western Indian Ocean.
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Moon enters penumbra April 3 21 15.7
Moon enters umbra 3 22 20.9
Moon enters totality 3 23 26.5
Middle of eclipse 4 0 09.7 UT
Moon leaves totality 4 0 53.0
Moon leaves umbra 4 1 58.7
Moon leaves penumbra 4 3 03.7
Magnitude of the eclipse: 1.384