December 20, 2029 Total Lunar Eclipse in City of Bangor, Maine, USA

Dec 20, 2029 at 5:42 pm

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Global Event:	Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type:	Total Lunar Eclipse in City of Bangor, Maine
Begins:	Thu, Dec 20, 2029 at 3:49 pm
Maximum:	Thu, Dec 20, 2029 at 5:42 pm 1.117 Magnitude
Ends:	Thu, Dec 20, 2029 at 8:41 pm
Duration:	4 hours, 52 minutes
All times shown on this page are local time.

December 20, 2029 — Total Lunar Eclipse — City of Bangor

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Thu, Dec 20, 2029 at 2:37 pm EST

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

Time	Phase	Event	Direction	Altitude
2:42 pm Thu, Dec 20	Not directly visible	Penumbral Eclipse begins Below horizon	44°	-9.5°
3:49 pm Thu, Dec 20	Rising	Moonrise Rising	56°	-0.2°
3:55 pm Thu, Dec 20		Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red. Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to East-northeast for the best view of the eclipse.	57°	0.6°
5:15 pm Thu, Dec 20		Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.	70°	12.4°
5:42 pm Thu, Dec 20		Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.	74°	16.8°
6:08 pm Thu, Dec 20		Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.	78°	21.2°
7:28 pm Thu, Dec 20		Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.	91°	34.9°
8:41 pm Thu, Dec 20		Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.	106°	47.2°

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

In the past, this day was cloudy 83% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

Eclipse Visibility From City of Bangor		Visibility Worldwide
	Mar 3, 2026 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Aug 12, 2026 Partial Solar Eclipse	Total Solar Eclipse
	Aug 27–28, 2026 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Feb 20, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Aug 17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
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