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March 25, 2024 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Wellington, New Zealand (Pōneke)

Mar 25, 2024 at 8:12 pm
Max View in Wellington, Wellington
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Wellington, Wellington
Began: Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 7:24 pm
Maximum: Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 8:12 pm -0.133 Magnitude
Ended: Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 10:32 pm
Duration: 3 hours, 8 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

March 25, 2024 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Wellington

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:53 pm Mon, Mar 25Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 106°
-17.4°
7:24 pm Mon, Mar 25RisingMoonrise 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 91°
-0.2°
8:12 pm Mon, Mar 25
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 83°
8.3°
10:32 pm Mon, Mar 25
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-northeast 57°
32.7°

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 Wellington

Eclipse Visibility From WellingtonVisibility Worldwide
Mar 14, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 8, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 22, 2025 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Mar 3–4, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2026 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

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