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September 17, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Belize City, Belize

Sep 17, 2024 at 8:44 pm
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Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse, in Belize City
Began: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 6:41 pm
Maximum: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 8:44 pm 0.085 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 10:47 pm
Duration: 4 hours, 6 minutes

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September 17, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Belize City

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
6:41 pm Tue, Sep 17
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East 97°
11.5°
8:12 pm Tue, Sep 17
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East-southeast 105°
32.5°
8:44 pm Tue, Sep 17
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-southeast 109°
39.5°
9:15 pm Tue, Sep 17
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-southeast 113°
46.4°
10:47 pm Tue, Sep 17
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Southeast 138°
64.3°

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 Belize City. 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.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Belize City

Eclipse Visibility From Belize CityVisibility Worldwide
Mar 13–14, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 27–28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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

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