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

Sep 17, 2024 at 7:44 pm
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Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in San Francisco, California
Begins: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 7:14 pm
Maximum: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 7:44 pm 0.085 Magnitude
Ends: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 9:47 pm
Duration: 2 hours, 33 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

September 17, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — San Francisco

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:41 pm Tue, Sep 17Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 79°
-18.7°
7:12 pm Tue, Sep 17Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 93°
-0.4°
7:14 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 93°
-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 97°
5.1°
8:15 pm Tue, Sep 17
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-southeast 102°
11.1°
9:47 pm Tue, Sep 17
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-southeast 118°
27.8°

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 San Francisco. 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 San Francisco

Eclipse Visibility From San FranciscoVisibility 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

Note: Click on the date link for details in San Francisco, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.

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