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December 20, 2029 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA

Dec 20, 2029 at 5:42 pm
Max View in Fort Knox, Kentucky
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Fort Knox, Kentucky
Begins: Thu, Dec 20, 2029 at 5:24 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, 17 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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December 20, 2029 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Fort Knox

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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 North-northeast 31°
-22.8°
3:55 pm Thu, Dec 20Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction Northeast 45°
-14.2°
5:15 pm Thu, Dec 20Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 58°
-1.4°
5:24 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 60°
-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.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.		Map direction East-northeast 62°
2.4°
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 66°
6.9°
7:28 pm Thu, Dec 20
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 77°
21.3°
8:41 pm Thu, Dec 20
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East 87°
35.0°

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 70% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Fort Knox

Eclipse Visibility From Fort KnoxVisibility Worldwide
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
Jan 11–12, 2028 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Fort Knox, or the path map image for global details.

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