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September 17, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

Sep 17, 2024 at 10:44 pm
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Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Began: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 8:41 pm
Maximum: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 10:44 pm 0.085 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 12:47 am
Duration: 4 hours, 6 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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September 17–18, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Fort Lauderdale

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
8:41 pm Tue, Sep 17
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East-southeast 103°
17.4°
10:12 pm Tue, Sep 17
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East-southeast 116°
36.5°
10:44 pm Tue, Sep 17
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-southeast 122°
42.6°
11:15 pm Tue, Sep 17
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction Southeast 129°
48.3°
12:47 am Wed, Sep 18
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South-southeast 162°
60.3°

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 Fort Lauderdale. 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 Fort Lauderdale

Eclipse Visibility From Fort LauderdaleVisibility 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

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