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4 April 2015 — Total Lunar Eclipse

This Total Lunar Eclipse or "Blood Moon", is on April 4, 2015 and will be visible in most of North America, South America, Asia and parts of Australia. The Moon will be totally eclipsed (totality) for about 5 minutes. This is the third eclipse in the 2014–2015 tetrad.

Was this Total Lunar Eclipse visible in Paris?

What This Lunar Eclipse Looked Like

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Where the Eclipse Was Seen

Regions seeing, at least, some parts of the eclipse: Much of Asia, Australia, North America, Much of South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica.

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Was this eclipse visible in Paris?

The animation shows where this total lunar eclipse is visible during the night (dark “wave” slowly moving across the Earth's surface).

Shades of darkness

Night, moon high up in sky.

Moon between 12 and 18 degrees above horizon.

Moon between 6 and 12 degrees above horizon. Make sure you have free line of sight.

Moon between 0 and 6 degrees above horizon. May be hard to see due to brightness and line of sight.

Day, moon and eclipse both not visible.

Note: Twilight will affect the visibility of the eclipse, as well as weather.

Entire eclipse was visible from start to end

Entire partial and total phases were visible. Missed part of penumbral phase.

Entire total phase was visible. Missed part of partial & penumbral phases.

Some of the total phase was visible. Missed part of total, partial & penumbral phases.

Some of the partial phase was visible. Missed total phase and part of partial & penumbral phases.

Some of the penumbral phase was visible. Missed total & partial phases.

Eclipse was not visible at all.

Note: Areas with lighter shadings left (West) of the center will experience the eclipse after moonrise/sunset. Areas with lighter shadings right (East) of the center will experience the eclipse until moonset/sunrise. Actual eclipse visibility depends on weather conditions and line of sight to the Moon.

When the Eclipse Happened Worldwide

Lunar eclipses look approximately the same all over the world and happen at the same time.

The times displayed are accurate to around 2-3 seconds.

EventUTC TimeTime in Paris*Visible in Paris
Penumbral eclipse began4 Apr, 09:01:284 Apr, 11:01:28No, below the horizon
Partial eclipse began4 Apr, 10:15:484 Apr, 12:15:48No, below the horizon
Full eclipse began4 Apr, 11:57:584 Apr, 13:57:58No, below the horizon
Maximum eclipse4 Apr, 12:00:174 Apr, 14:00:17No, below the horizon
Full eclipse ended4 Apr, 12:02:374 Apr, 14:02:37No, below the horizon
Partial eclipse ended4 Apr, 13:44:484 Apr, 15:44:48No, below the horizon
Penumbral eclipse ended4 Apr, 14:59:024 Apr, 16:59:02No, below the horizon

* The Moon was below the horizon during this eclipse, so it was not possible to view it in Paris.

The magnitude of the eclipse is 1.001.

The penumbral magnitude of the eclipse is 2.079

The total duration of the eclipse is 5 hours, 58 minutes.

The total duration of the partial phases is 3 hours, 24 minutes.

The duration of the full eclipse is 5 minutes.

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