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September 17, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Sitka, AK, USA

Sep 17, 2024 at 7:18 pm
Max View in Sitka, Alaska
Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Sitka, Alaska
Began: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 7:14 pm
Maximum: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 7:18 pm -0.016 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 8:47 pm
Duration: 1 hour, 33 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

September 17, 2024 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Sitka

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:41 pm Tue, Sep 17Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 63°
-21.0°
6:12 pm Tue, Sep 17Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 82°
-9.2°
6:44 pm Tue, Sep 17Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction East 88°
-5.0°
7:14 pm Tue, Sep 17RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East 94°
-0.2°
7:15 pm Tue, Sep 17
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.
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 94°
-0.1°
7:18 pm Tue, Sep 17
Maximum in Sitka This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Sitka. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Sitka because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
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 95°
0.2°
8:47 pm Tue, Sep 17
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-southeast 113°
11.4°

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

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 Sitka

Eclipse Visibility From SitkaVisibility Worldwide
Mar 13–14, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 2–3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 12, 2026 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 27, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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

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