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September 17, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Paterson, NJ, USA

Sep 17, 2024 at 10:44 pm
Max View in Paterson, New Jersey
Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Paterson, New Jersey
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.

Location

September 17–18, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Paterson

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
8:41 pm Tue, Sep 17
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East-southeast 111°
17.7°
10:12 pm Tue, Sep 17
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southeast 130°
32.5°
10:44 pm Tue, Sep 17
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southeast 137°
36.8°
11:15 pm Tue, Sep 17
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southeast 146°
40.5°
12:47 am Wed, Sep 18
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South 176°
46.4°

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 Paterson. 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.


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

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