The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like in Colville Lake. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times are local time (MST) for Colville Lake.
Time
Phase
Event
Direction
Altitude
12:42 pm Thu, Dec 20
Penumbral Eclipse beginsThe Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face. Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to North for the best view of the eclipse.
352°
0.1°
1:55 pm Thu, Dec 20
Partial Eclipse beginsPartial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red. Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to North for the best view of the eclipse.
8°
0.1°
3:15 pm Thu, Dec 20
Total Eclipse beginsTotal moon eclipse starts - completely red moon. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to North-northeast. Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.
26°
2.0°
3:42 pm Thu, Dec 20
Maximum EclipseMoon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to North-northeast.
31°
3.2°
4:08 pm Thu, Dec 20
Total Eclipse endsTotal moon eclipse ends. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Northeast.