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September 17, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — New Orleans, LA, USA

Sep 17, 2024 at 9:44 pm
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Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in New Orleans, Louisiana
Begins: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 7:41 pm
Maximum: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 9:44 pm 0.085 Magnitude
Ends: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 11:47 pm
Duration: 4 hours, 6 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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September 17, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — New Orleans

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
7:41 pm Tue, Sep 17
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East.
Map direction East 98°
8.1°
9:12 pm Tue, Sep 17
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East-southeast 111°
26.9°
9:44 pm Tue, Sep 17
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-southeast 116°
33.0°
10:15 pm Tue, Sep 17
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-southeast 122°
38.8°
11:47 pm Tue, Sep 17
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South-southeast 148°
53.0°

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 covers only parts of the Moon, as seen from New Orleans. There are no other locations on Earth where the Moon appears completely covered during this event. The Earth's shadow covers only a small portion of the Moon.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in New Orleans

Eclipse Visibility From New OrleansVisibility Worldwide
Mar 24–25, 2024 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 8, 2024 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 17, 2024 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 13–14, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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