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August 27, 2026 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Rapid City, SD, USA

Aug 27, 2026 at 10:12 pm
Max View in Rapid City, South Dakota
Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Rapid City, South Dakota
Begins: Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 7:28 pm
Maximum: Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 10:12 pm 0.930 Magnitude
Ends: Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 1:01 am
Duration: 5 hours, 34 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

August 27–28, 2026 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Rapid City

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
7:23 pm Thu, Aug 27Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 103°
-0.8°
7:28 pm Thu, Aug 27RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East-southeast 104°
-0.2°
8:33 pm Thu, Aug 27
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East-southeast 115°
10.2°
10:12 pm Thu, Aug 27
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southeast 135°
24.6°
11:51 pm Thu, Aug 27
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southeast 160°
34.3°
1:01 am Fri, Aug 28
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South 181°
36.6°

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 covers only parts of the Moon, as seen from Rapid City. There are no other locations on Earth where the Moon appears completely covered during this event. The Earth's shadow covers a large portion of the Moon, so this is still a nice sight.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Rapid City

Eclipse Visibility From Rapid CityVisibility 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 16–17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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