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Total lunar eclipse, December 31, 2028

Maximum: December 31, 2028 at 16:52 UTC. Everyone with the Moon above the horizon at that moment can see it.

Time in UTC

Sunday, December 31, 16:52

Time remaining

822 d 9 h 22 min

Calculated with Astronomy Engine, an open-source library verified against the US Naval Observatory and NASA JPL. How we calculate

Totality

1 h 12 min

Partial phase

3 h 30 min

Whole eclipse

5 h 37 min

In a total lunar eclipse the full Moon passes completely into the Earth’s dark central shadow, the umbra. It does not disappear: sunlight bent through the Earth’s atmosphere turns it copper-red, the light of every sunrise and sunset on Earth at once.

Lunar eclipses are safe to watch with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. No filters are needed.

Full Moon glowing coppery red against a black sky during a total lunar eclipse
Total lunar eclipse of 14 March 2025: sunlight bent through Earth's atmosphere turns the Moon red inside the umbra. Photo: NASA/Jordan Cochran

Stages of the eclipse

StageTime in UTC
Penumbral eclipse beginsDecember 31, 14:03
Partial eclipse beginsDecember 31, 15:07
Total eclipse beginsDecember 31, 16:16
MaximumDecember 31, 16:52
Total eclipse endsDecember 31, 17:28
Partial eclipse endsDecember 31, 18:37
Penumbral eclipse endsDecember 31, 19:40

Where the eclipse can be seen

Visibility depends on whether the Moon is above the horizon. The central phase is the partial and total part of the eclipse (the whole eclipse for a penumbral one).

Whole central phase visibleVisible at maximumPart of the eclipse visibleNot visible

At your location

This eclipse cannot be seen from New York.

StageTimeMoon altitude
Penumbral eclipse begins9:03 AM-15°
Partial eclipse begins10:07 AM-21°
Total eclipse begins11:16 AM-26°
Maximum11:52 AM-26°
Total eclipse ends12:28 PM-26°
Partial eclipse ends1:37 PM-23°
Penumbral eclipse ends2:40 PM-17°

Local times (America/New York).

Local times in cities

Local time of the maximum and the height of the Moon above the horizon at that moment.

CityMaximumMoon altitudeVisibility
LjubljanaDecember 31, 17:5213°At maximum
LondonDecember 31, 16:527°At maximum
BerlinDecember 31, 17:5215°Whole eclipse
MadridDecember 31, 17:520°Partly
RomeDecember 31, 17:5211°At maximum
IstanbulDecember 31, 19:5222°Whole eclipse
ReykjavikDecember 31, 16:525°At maximum
New YorkDecember 31, 11:52 AM-26°Not visible
ChicagoDecember 31, 10:52 AM-24°Not visible
Los AngelesDecember 31, 8:52 AM-18°Not visible
HonoluluDecember 31, 6:52 AM4°At maximum
Mexico CityDecember 31, 10:52-40°Not visible
Buenos AiresDecember 31, 13:52-74°Not visible
Cape TownDecember 31, 18:52-13°Partly
DubaiDecember 31, 20:5242°Whole eclipse
TokyoJanuary 1, 01:5259°Whole eclipse
SydneyJanuary 1, 3:52 AM19°Whole eclipse

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