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September 17, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Seattle, WA, USA

Sep 17, 2024 at 7:44 pm
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Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Seattle, Washington
Began: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 7:17 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, 30 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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September 17, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Seattle

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:41 pm Tue, Sep 17Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 77°
-16.7°
7:12 pm Tue, Sep 17Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 93°
-0.8°
7:17 pm Tue, Sep 17RisingMoonrise 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 94°
-0.2°
7:44 pm Tue, Sep 17
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East.		Map direction East 98°
3.8°
8:15 pm Tue, Sep 17
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-southeast.		Map direction East-southeast 104°
8.8°
9:47 pm Tue, Sep 17
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-southeast 122°
22.8°

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 partial lunar eclipse, the Earth's shadow covered only parts of the Moon, as seen from Seattle. 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 65% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Seattle

Eclipse Visibility From SeattleVisibility 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 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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

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