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May 15, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Huntington Beach, CA, USA

May 15, 2022 at 9:11 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Huntington Beach, California
Began: Sun, May 15, 2022 at 7:38 pm
Maximum: Sun, May 15, 2022 at 9:11 pm 1.413 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, May 15, 2022 at 11:50 pm
Duration: 4 hours, 13 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

May 15, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Huntington Beach

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Huntington Beach. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (PDT) for Huntington Beach.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
6:32 pm Sun, May 15Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 104°
-13.2°
7:27 pm Sun, May 15Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 111°
-1.8°
7:38 pm Sun, May 15RisingMoonrise 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-southeast 113°
-0.2°
8:29 pm Sun, May 15
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-southeast.		Map direction East-southeast 120°
8.2°
9:11 pm Sun, May 15
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southeast 127°
15.2°
9:53 pm Sun, May 15
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction Southeast 134°
21.5°
10:55 pm Sun, May 15
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southeast 148°
29.0°
11:50 pm Sun, May 15
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South-southeast 161°
33.6°

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.

This total lunar eclipse was fully visible in Huntington Beach. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (May 15)

In the past, this day was cloudy 35% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  10. Magnitude of Eclipses
  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Huntington Beach

Eclipse Visibility From Huntington BeachVisibility Worldwide
Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 27–28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 11, 2028 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2028 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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

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