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Recife 🇧🇷 — total lunar eclipse

On 20 Dec 2029, Recife sees totality — the blood moon — with the Moon up for the whole eclipse, with maximum at 19:41 GMT-3, the Moon 28° above the horizon. No eye protection is needed.

Local timeline

Recife
Penumbra begins (P1)
16:42 GMT-3
faint shading
Partial begins (U1)
17:54 GMT-3
umbra touches the Moon
Totality begins (U2)
19:14 GMT-3
blood moon
Maximum eclipse
19:41 GMT-3
54m 57s of totality
Totality ends (U3)
20:09 GMT-3
Partial ends (U4)
21:28 GMT-3
Moon leaves the umbra
Penumbra ends (P4)
22:41 GMT-3
eclipse over
Moon altitude at max
28°
azimuth 58°
Moonrise / moonset
17:26 / 05:23
bracketing the eclipse
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Computed byOrbital Radar eclipse engine · Recife (-8.05, -34.88) · cross-checked against NASA eclipse data