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December 9, 2030 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Fairfax, VA, USA

Dec 9, 2030 at 5:27 pm
Max View in Fairfax, Virginia
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Fairfax, Virginia
Begins: Mon, Dec 9, 2030 at 4:45 pm
Maximum: Mon, Dec 9, 2030 at 5:27 pm -0.163 Magnitude
Ends: Mon, Dec 9, 2030 at 7:47 pm
Duration: 3 hours, 2 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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December 9, 2030 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Fairfax

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like in Fairfax. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times are local time (EST) for Fairfax.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
3:08 pm Mon, Dec 9Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction Northeast 45°
-15.5°
4:45 pm Mon, Dec 9RisingMoonrise 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 61°
-0.2°
5:27 pm Mon, Dec 9
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 67°
6.5°
7:47 pm Mon, Dec 9
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East 87°
32.1°

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.

During this penumbral lunar eclipse, the Earth's main shadow does not cover the Moon. As the Earth's shadow (umbra) misses the Moon during a penumbral lunar eclipse, there are no other locations on Earth where the Moon appears partially or totally eclipsed during this event. A penumbral lunar eclipse can be a bit hard to see as the shadowed part is only a little bit fainter than the rest of the Moon.

Cloud Coverage (Dec 9)

In the past, this day was cloudy 62% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Fairfax

Eclipse Visibility From FairfaxVisibility Worldwide
Dec 9, 2030 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 6–7, 2031 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 30, 2031 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 14, 2031 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Mar 30, 2033 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse

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