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December 20, 2029 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA

Dec 20, 2029 at 5:42 pm
Max View in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Begins: Thu, Dec 20, 2029 at 5:18 pm
Maximum: Thu, Dec 20, 2029 at 5:42 pm 1.117 Magnitude
Ends: Thu, Dec 20, 2029 at 8:41 pm
Duration: 3 hours, 23 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

December 20, 2029 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Hilton Head Island

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
2:42 pm Thu, Dec 20Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction Northeast 37°
-25.1°
3:55 pm Thu, Dec 20Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction Northeast 50°
-14.8°
5:15 pm Thu, Dec 20Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 62°
-0.6°
5:18 pm Thu, Dec 20RisingMoonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends.Map direction East-northeast 62°
-0.2°
5:42 pm Thu, Dec 20
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast.		Map direction East-northeast 65°
3.8°
6:08 pm Thu, Dec 20
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast.		Map direction East-northeast 68°
8.7°
7:28 pm Thu, Dec 20
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 77°
24.3°
8:41 pm Thu, Dec 20
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East 85°
39.0°

How to use altitude & direction to find in the sky

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

Cloud Coverage (Dec 20)

In the past, this day was cloudy 56% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Hilton Head Island

Eclipse Visibility From Hilton Head IslandVisibility Worldwide
Mar 13–14, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 27–28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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