| Total Lunar Eclipse April 4, 1996 | |
|---|---|
 Hamois, Belgium | |
 The Moon's path through the center of the Earth's shadow. | |
| Series (and member) | 122 (55 of 75) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Totality | 1:25:45 |
| Partial | 3:37:08 |
| Penumbral | 5:44:43 |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | 21:17:22 UTC |
| U1 | 22:21:13 UTC |
| U2 | 23:26:54 UTC |
| Greatest | 0:09:46 UTC |
| U3 | 0:52:39 UTC |
| U4 | 1:58:21 UTC |
| P4 | 3:02:04 UTC |
A total lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, April 4, 1996, the first of two total lunar eclipses in 1996, the other being on Friday, September 27. The Moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow.
This was the last central member and 55th overall member of Lunar Saros 122. The previous event was the March 1978 lunar eclipse. The next event was the April 2014 lunar eclipse.
This eclipse was the first of an almost tetrad (that occurred when there were 4 consecutive lunar eclipses that had an umbral eclipse magnitude of 0.9 or greater). The others were 27 Sep 1996 (T), 24 Mar 1997 (P) and 16 Sep 1997 (T).