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September 6, 1979 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Columbus, OH, USA

Sep 6, 1979 at 6:54 am
Max View in Columbus, Ohio
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Columbus, Ohio
Began: Thu, Sep 6, 1979 at 4:21 am
Maximum: Thu, Sep 6, 1979 at 6:54 am 1.093 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Sep 6, 1979 at 7:07 am
Duration: 2 hours, 46 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

September 6, 1979 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Columbus

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Columbus. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (EDT) for Columbus.

Time Phase Event Direction Altitude
4:21 am Thu, Sep 6
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face. Map direction Southwest 231°
26.7°
5:18 am Thu, Sep 6
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red. Map direction West-southwest 242°
18.0°
6:32 am Thu, Sep 6
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-southwest.
Map direction West-southwest 255°
5.6°
6:54 am Thu, Sep 6
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-southwest.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.
Map direction West-southwest 258°
1.8°
7:07 am Thu, Sep 6 Setting Moonset Setting, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase makes the Moon so dim before it sets, that it might disappear from view some time before it sets. Map direction West 260°
-0.2°
7:16 am Thu, Sep 6 Not directly visible Total Eclipse ends Below horizon Map direction West 262°
-1.6°
8:30 am Thu, Sep 6 Not directly visible Partial Eclipse ends Below horizon Map direction West 273°
-15.9°
9:26 am Thu, Sep 6 Not directly visible Penumbral Eclipse ends Below horizon Map direction West-northwest 283°
-26.0°

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

This total lunar eclipse was fully visible in Columbus. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Columbus

Eclipse Visibility From Columbus Visibility Worldwide
Feb 21, 1970 Partial Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 7, 1970 Partial Solar Eclipse Total Solar Eclipse
May 9, 1970 Mercury Transit Mercury Transit
Aug 16–17, 1970 Partial Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 9–10, 1971 Total Lunar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse
Jan 30, 1972 Total Lunar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse
Jul 10, 1972 Partial Solar Eclipse Total Solar Eclipse
Jul 26, 1972 Partial Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 18, 1973 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 10, 1973 Mercury Transit Mercury Transit
Dec 9, 1973 Partial Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 24, 1973 Partial Solar Eclipse Annular Solar Eclipse
Jun 4, 1974 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 29, 1974 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse
Dec 13, 1974 Partial Solar Eclipse Partial Solar Eclipse
May 24–25, 1975 Total Lunar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse
Nov 18, 1975 Total Lunar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse
Nov 6, 1976 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 3–4, 1977 Partial Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 27, 1977 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 12, 1977 Partial Solar Eclipse Total Solar Eclipse
Feb 26, 1979 Partial Solar Eclipse Total Solar Eclipse
Mar 13, 1979 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 6, 1979 Total Lunar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse

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