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March 24, 2024 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Fairfield, IA, USA

Mar 25, 2024 at 2:12 am
Max View in Fairfield, Iowa
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Fairfield, Iowa
Began: Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 11:53 pm
Maximum: Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 2:12 am -0.133 Magnitude
Ended: Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 4:32 am
Duration: 4 hours, 39 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

March 24–25, 2024 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Fairfield

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
11:53 pm Sun, Mar 24
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southeast 151°
44.1°
2:12 am Mon, Mar 25
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction South-southwest 200°
45.2°
4:32 am Mon, Mar 25
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West-southwest 238°
28.0°

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 Fairfield

Eclipse Visibility From FairfieldVisibility 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 17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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

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