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20 December 2029 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Evanston, IL, USA

20 Dec 2029, 16:42
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Evanston, Illinois
Begins: Thu, 20 Dec 2029, 16:17
Maximum: Thu, 20 Dec 2029, 16:42 1.117 Magnitude
Ends: Thu, 20 Dec 2029, 19:41
Duration: 3 hours, 23 minutes

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Location

20 December 2029 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Evanston

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

Time Phase Event Direction Altitude
13:42 Thu, 20 Dec Not directly visible Penumbral Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction North-northeast 29°
-19.9°
14:55 Thu, 20 Dec Not directly visible Partial Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction Northeast 43°
-12.2°
16:15 Thu, 20 Dec Not directly visible Total Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction East-northeast 57°
-0.5°
16:17 Thu, 20 Dec Rising Moonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends. Map direction East-northeast 58°
-0.2°
16:42 Thu, 20 Dec
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast. 		Map direction East-northeast 62°
3.2°
17:08 Thu, 20 Dec
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast. 		Map direction East-northeast 66°
7.4°
18:28 Thu, 20 Dec
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends. Map direction East-northeast 78°
20.9°
19:41 Thu, 20 Dec
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends. Map direction East 89°
33.8°

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

This total lunar eclipse is fully visible in Evanston. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (20 Dec)

In the past, this day was cloudy 71% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Evanston

Eclipse Visibility From Evanston Visibility Worldwide
3 Mar 2026 Total Lunar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse
12 Aug 2026 Partial Solar Eclipse Total Solar Eclipse
27–28 Aug 2026 Partial Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse
20 Feb 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
17 Aug 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

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