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September 17, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — San Diego, CA, USA

Sep 17, 2024 at 7:44 pm
Max View in San Diego, California
Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in San Diego, California
Began: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 6:51 pm
Maximum: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 7:44 pm 0.085 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 9:47 pm
Duration: 2 hours, 56 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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September 17, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — San Diego

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:41 pm Tue, Sep 17Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 84°
-15.2°
6:51 pm Tue, Sep 17RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East 93°
-0.2°
7:12 pm Tue, Sep 17
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East.		Map direction East 96°
3.9°
7:44 pm Tue, Sep 17
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East 100°
10.1°
8:15 pm Tue, Sep 17
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-southeast 104°
16.4°
9:47 pm Tue, Sep 17
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-southeast 119°
34.1°

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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 partial lunar eclipse, the Earth's shadow covered only parts of the Moon, as seen from San Diego. There were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared completely covered during this event. The Earth's shadow covered only a small portion of the Moon.

Cloud Coverage (Sep 17)

In the past, this day was cloudy 25% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in San Diego

Eclipse Visibility From San DiegoVisibility 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 San Diego, or the path map image for global details.

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