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September 17, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Santa Clara, CA, USA

Sep 17, 2024 at 7:44 pm
Max View in Santa Clara, California
Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Santa Clara, California
Began: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 7:12 pm
Maximum: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 7:44 pm 0.085 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 9:47 pm
Duration: 2 hours, 35 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

September 17, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Santa Clara

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:41 pm Tue, Sep 17Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 80°
-18.5°
7:12 pm Tue, Sep 17RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East 93°
-0.2°
7:12 pm Tue, Sep 17
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to East for the best view of the eclipse.
Map direction East 93°
-0.1°
7:44 pm Tue, Sep 17
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East.
Map direction East 98°
5.6°
8:15 pm Tue, Sep 17
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-southeast 102°
11.5°
9:47 pm Tue, Sep 17
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-southeast 118°
28.3°

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 Santa Clara. 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 Santa Clara

Eclipse Visibility From Santa ClaraVisibility 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
Aug 16–17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 11, 2028 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

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