Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Eclipse visible in Los Angeles – Jul 4, 2020 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

The animation shows approximately what the eclipse looks like from the night side of earth.

BETA: This is a temporary animation, it would look different in real life. We hope to fix that issue soon.

Stages in eclipse

• Penumbral Eclipse just started
• Penumbral Eclipse in good progress
• Maximum Eclipse
• Penumbral Eclipse continues
• Penumbral Eclipse about to end

Local times for eclipse in Los Angeles on Saturday, July 4, 2020

Click on the Sun/Moon symbols in the column entitled “Looks like” to see what the eclipse looks like during the different phases of the event.

Event	Time in Los Angeles	Direction	Altitude	Looks like	Comments
Penumbral eclipse begins	Jul 4 at 8:11 PM	121°	0.8°		The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face. Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.
Maximum Eclipse	Jul 4 at 9:30 PM	133°	13.2°		Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Penumbral Eclipse ends	Jul 4 at 10:50 PM	148°	23.5°		The Earth's penumbra ends.

Some of the eclipse is very close to the horizon.

Other eclipses visible in Los Angeles

Dates (Click link for path info)	Object	Type at max	Visibility in Los Angeles	Looks like in Los Angeles	Path of the eclipse
Apr 4, 2015	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Sep 27, 2015	Lunar	Total	Total
Mar 23, 2016	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Sep 16, 2016	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Feb 10, 2017	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Aug 7, 2017	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Aug 21, 2017	Solar	Total	Partial
Jan 31, 2018	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 27, 2018	Lunar	Total	Partial
Jan 20, 2019	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Jul 16, 2019	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Jan 10, 2020	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jun 5, 2020	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Jul 4, 2020	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Nov 29 / Nov 30, 2020	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
May 26, 2021	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
Nov 18 / Nov 19, 2021	Lunar	Partial	Penumbral
May 15, 2022	Lunar	Total	Total
Nov 8, 2022	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
May 5, 2023	Lunar	Penumbral	Partial
Oct 14, 2023	Solar	Annular	Partial
Oct 28, 2023	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Mar 24 / Mar 25, 2024	Lunar	Penumbral	Penumbral
Apr 8, 2024	Solar	Total	Partial
Sep 17, 2024	Lunar	Partial	Partial
Mar 13 / Mar 14, 2025	Lunar	Total	Penumbral
Sep 7, 2025	Lunar	Total	Partial

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