Total Lunar Eclipse December 30, 1963
(No photo)
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series	124 (46 of 74)
Gamma	-0.2889
Magnitude	1.3350
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality	1:18:07
Partial	3:24:18
Penumbral	5:19:57
Contacts UTC
P1	8:27:25
U1	9:25:16
U2	10:28:22
Greatest	11:07:25
U3	11:46:28
U4	12:49:34
P4	13:27:25

A total lunar eclipse took place on Monday, December 30, 1963. The Moon was plunged into darkness for 1 hour and 18 minutes, in a deep total eclipse which saw the Moon 33.5% of its diameter inside the Earth's umbral shadow. The visual effect of this depends on the state of the Earth's atmosphere, but the Moon may have been stained a deep red colour. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 24 minutes in total.^[1]