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October 8, 2014 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Los Angeles, CA, USA

Oct 8, 2014 at 3:54 am
Max View in Los Angeles, California
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Los Angeles, California
Began: Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 1:15 am
Maximum: Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 3:54 am 1.166 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 6:33 am
Duration: 5 hours, 18 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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October 8, 2014 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Los Angeles

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
1:15 am Wed, Oct 8
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southwest 200°
59.7°
2:14 am Wed, Oct 8
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southwest 224°
53.3°
3:25 am Wed, Oct 8
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction West-southwest 243°
41.9°
3:54 am Wed, Oct 8
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West-southwest 249°
36.5°
4:23 am Wed, Oct 8
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 254°
30.9°
5:34 am Wed, Oct 8
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West 265°
17.2°
6:33 am Wed, Oct 8
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.		Map direction West 273°
5.5°

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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 Los Angeles. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (Oct 8)

In the past, this day was cloudy 25% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Los Angeles

Eclipse Visibility From Los AngelesVisibility Worldwide
Jun 26, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 20–21, 2010 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 20, 2012 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 4, 2012 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 5, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 28, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 24, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 18, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 14–15, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 23, 2014 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Apr 4, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 27, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 23, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 2016 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Feb 10, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 21, 2017 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 31, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20, 2019 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit

Note: Click on the date link for details in Los Angeles, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.

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