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

Dec 20, 2029 at 4:42 pm
Max View in Chicago, Illinois
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Chicago, Illinois
Begins: Thu, Dec 20, 2029 at 4:18 pm
Maximum: Thu, Dec 20, 2029 at 4:42 pm 1.117 Magnitude
Ends: Thu, Dec 20, 2029 at 7:41 pm
Duration: 3 hours, 23 minutes

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December 20, 2029 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Chicago

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

Time Phase Event Direction Altitude
1:42 pm Thu, Dec 20 Not directly visible Penumbral Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction North-northeast 29°
-20.0°
2:55 pm Thu, Dec 20 Not directly visible Partial Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction Northeast 43°
-12.3°
4:15 pm Thu, Dec 20 Not directly visible Total Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction East-northeast 57°
-0.6°
4:18 pm Thu, Dec 20 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°
4:42 pm Thu, Dec 20
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°
3.1°
5:08 pm Thu, Dec 20
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°
7.3°
6:28 pm Thu, Dec 20
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends. Map direction East-northeast 78°
20.9°
7:41 pm Thu, Dec 20
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends. Map direction East 88°
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 Chicago. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (Dec 20)

In the past, this day was cloudy 78% of the time (since 2000).

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Feb 20, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

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