Total Eclipse of the Moon, 1996 September 27; the beginning of the umbral phase 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 half of the Indian Ocean; the end visible in North America (except for extreme western Alaska), Hawaii, Central America, South America, the western half of Africa, Europe (except for the extreme east), Greenland, part of Antarctica, the eastern Pacific Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean.

                                   d  h   m
Moon enters penumbra    September 27  0 12.4
Moon enters umbra                 27  1 12.3
Moon enters totality              27  2 19.3
Middle of eclipse                 27  2 54.4 UT
Moon leaves totality              27  3 29.4
Moon leaves umbra                 27  4 36.3
Moon leaves penumbra              27  5 36.4

Magnitude of the eclipse: 1.245