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July 4, 2020 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Olympia, WA, USA

Jul 4, 2020 at 9:29 pm
Max View in Olympia, Washington
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Olympia, Washington
Began: Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 9:11 pm
Maximum: Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 9:29 pm -0.644 Magnitude
Ended: Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 10:52 pm
Duration: 1 hour, 41 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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July 4, 2020 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Olympia

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
8:07 pm Sat, Jul 4Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 116°
-9.7°
9:11 pm Sat, Jul 4RisingMoonrise 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 Southeast 126°
-0.2°
9:29 pm Sat, Jul 4
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Southeast.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.
Map direction Southeast 130°
1.9°
10:52 pm Sat, Jul 4
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Southeast 146°
10.7°

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 penumbral lunar eclipse, the Earth's main shadow did not cover the Moon. As the Earth's shadow (umbra) misses the Moon during a penumbral lunar eclipse, there were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared partially or totally eclipsed during this event. A penumbral lunar eclipse can be a bit hard to see as the shadowed part is only a little bit fainter than the rest of the Moon.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Olympia

Eclipse Visibility From OlympiaVisibility 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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