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20 December 2029 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Tucson, AZ, USA

20 Dec 2029, 17:25
Near max in Tucson
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Tucson, Arizona
Begins: Thu, 20 Dec 2029, 17:23
Maximum: Thu, 20 Dec 2029, 17:26 0.035 Magnitude
Ends: Thu, 20 Dec 2029, 18:41
Duration: 1 hour, 18 minutes

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Location

20 December 2029 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Tucson

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

Time Phase Event Direction Altitude
12:42 Thu, 20 Dec Not directly visible Penumbral Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction North 7°
-34.9°
13:55 Thu, 20 Dec Not directly visible Partial Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction North-northeast 25°
-30.7°
15:15 Thu, 20 Dec Not directly visible Total Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction Northeast 42°
-21.6°
15:42 Thu, 20 Dec Not directly visible Maximum Eclipse Below horizon Map direction Northeast 47°
-17.7°
16:08 Thu, 20 Dec Not directly visible Total Eclipse ends Below horizon Map direction Northeast 51°
-13.6°
17:23 Thu, 20 Dec Rising Moonrise Rising Map direction East-northeast 62°
-0.2°
17:26 Thu, 20 Dec
Maximum in Tucson This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Tucson. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Tucson 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-northeast for the best view of the eclipse. 		Map direction East-northeast 62°
0.2°
17:28 Thu, 20 Dec
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-northeast for the best view of the eclipse. 		Map direction East-northeast 63°
0.6°
18:41 Thu, 20 Dec
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends. Map direction East-northeast 71°
13.8°

How to use altitude & direction to find in the sky

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

The total phase of this lunar eclipse is not visible in Tucson, but it can be observed there as a partial lunar eclipse. The Earth's shadow covers only a small portion of the Moon.

Cloud Coverage (20 Dec)

In the past, this day was cloudy 62% of the time (since 2000).

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