Eclipses in the Year 2024
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Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 25 March
The eclipse is completely visible from the Americas. The eclipse is in progress at moonrise in New Zealand, Australia and eastern Asia whereas the eclipsed Moon sets in western Africa, western Europe, Iceland and Greenland.
| March | Time (UT) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | 15:44 | Moon at apogee |
| 25 | 04:53 | The penumbral eclipse begins |
| 07:00 | Full Moon | |
| 07:12 | Instant of greatest eclipse: magnitude = 0.965 | |
| 09:32 | The penumbral eclipse ends | |
| 26 | 04:07 | Moon at descending node |
Total Solar Eclipse: 8 April
The path of totality crosses Mexico, the United States and Canada. The partial eclipse is visible from North America (except Alaska), Central America, northern Columbia and the northwestern tip of Venezuela.
The image at the right shows a portion of the sky centred on the Sun at the instant of greatest eclipse. The Sun's disk is drawn to scale but the extent of the corona depends upon the level of solar activity at the time.
The Sun is in the constellation of Pisces. The variable red giant star Mira (ο Cet) is below and to the left. The two brightest stars in Aries, second-magnitude Hamal and third-magnitude Sheratan, are to the upper left.
Sixth-magnitude Mercury is just three days away from inferior conjunction and is positioned between the brighter stars of Aries and the Sun, just 6° away from our star. Brilliant Venus is on the opposite side of the Sun and about 15° distant.
| April | Time (UT) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 17:53 | Moon at perigee |
| 8 | 12:20 | Moon at ascending node |
| 15:42 | The partial eclipse begins | |
| 16:38 | The total eclipse begins | |
| 18:17 | Instant of greatest eclipse: magnitude = 1.057 | |
| 18:21 | New Moon | |
| 19:55 | The total eclipse ends | |
| 20:52 | The partial eclipse ends |
Partial Lunar Eclipse: 18 September
The eclipse is completely visible from the western Africa, western Europe, Iceland, Greenland, South America and eastern North America. The eclipse is in progress at moonrise in western North America whereas the eclipsed Moon sets in western Asia, eastern Europe, the Middle East, western Africa and Madagascar.
| September | Time (UT) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | 00:41 | The penumbral eclipse begins |
| 02:12 | The partial eclipse begins | |
| 02:34 | Full Moon | |
| 02:44 | Instant of greatest eclipse: umbral magnitude = 0.085 | |
| 03:15 | The partial eclipse ends | |
| 04:47 | The penumbral eclipse ends | |
| 13:26 | Moon at perigee | |
| 19:51 | Moon at ascending node |
Annular Solar Eclipse: 2 October
The path of annularity crosses Chile and Argentina. The partial eclipse is visible from Baja California, southern South America and parts of Antarctica.
| October | Time (UT) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 11:52 | Moon at descending node |
| 15:42 | The partial eclipse begins | |
| 16:50 | The annular eclipse begins | |
| 18:45 | Instant of greatest eclipse: magnitude = 0.933 | |
| 18:49 | New Moon | |
| 19:40 | Moon at most distant apogee of the year | |
| 20:39 | The annular eclipse ends | |
| 21:46 | The partial eclipse ends |
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