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May 26, 2021 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Denver, CO, USA

May 26, 2021 at 5:18 am
Max View in Denver, Colorado
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Denver, Colorado
Began: Wed, May 26, 2021 at 2:47 am
Maximum: Wed, May 26, 2021 at 5:18 am 1.009 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, May 26, 2021 at 5:43 am
Duration: 2 hours, 56 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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May 26, 2021 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Denver

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
2:47 am Wed, May 26
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southwest 209°
23.2°
3:45 am Wed, May 26
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southwest 221°
16.8°
5:11 am Wed, May 26
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-southwest.
Map direction West-southwest 237°
4.5°
5:18 am Wed, May 26
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-southwest.
Map direction West-southwest 238°
3.5°
5:25 am Wed, May 26
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-southwest.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.
Map direction West-southwest 239°
2.4°
5:43 am Wed, May 26SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West-southwest 242°
-0.2°
6:52 am Wed, May 26Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-southwest 252°
-12.6°
7:49 am Wed, May 26Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 260°
-22.9°

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

This total lunar eclipse was fully visible in Denver. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.


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Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
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Note: Click on the date link for details in Denver, or the path map image for global details.

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