Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of December 9, 2030

A subtle penumbral eclipse for all of South America, Europe, Africa and Asia and most of North America

On Monday, December 9, 2030 (UT) the Moon only enters Earth's faint outer shadow (penumbral magnitude 0.942). Most people will notice nothing; around maximum, a slight shading on one side of the Moon may be visible. Anyone who can see the Moon sees the same eclipse at the same moment: the only questions are whether the Moon is above your horizon and what your clock says.

Date (UT)

December 9, 2030

Maximum

22:27 UT

Type

Penumbral

Penumbral magnitude

0.9416

Saros

145

Whole penumbral eclipseMoon up at maximumPart of the eclipseNot visible (Moon below the horizon)

Computed on a 2° grid from the Moon's altitude (JPL DE440) at NASA's contact times. At the edges of the shaded area the Moon is low, rising or setting during the eclipse.

Times for your city

Your city

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Whole eclipse visible

Maximum 23:27 on Mon 9 Dec local time · Moon 63° up

Phase	Local time (WAT)	Moon height
Penumbral eclipse begins	21:08	43°
Maximum	23:27	63°
Penumbral eclipse ends	01:47	52°

Search about 7,000 cities: every city over 100,000 people, plus the 1,075 cities on this site.

How the eclipse unfolds

20:08 UTPenumbral eclipse begins
22:27 UTMaximum
00:47 UTPenumbral eclipse ends

Times in UT. Unlike a solar eclipse, a lunar eclipse happens at the same moment for everyone who can see the Moon; only the local clock time differs.

The world's biggest cities

where the Moon is up

City	Begins	Maximum	Ends	Moon at max	Zone
Shanghai China	04:08	06:27	08:47	2°	CST
Chongqing China	04:08	06:27	08:47	14°	CST
Chengdu China	04:08	06:27	08:47	16°	CST
Beijing China	04:08	06:27	08:47	9°	CST
Guangzhou China	04:08	06:27	08:47	6°	CST
Shenzhen China	04:08	06:27	08:47	5°	CST
Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo	21:08	23:27	01:47	63°	WAT
Istanbul Turkey	23:08	01:27	03:47	70°	UTC+3
Lagos Nigeria	21:08	23:27	01:47	67°	WAT
Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam	03:08	05:27	07:47	7°	UTC+7
Tianjin China	04:08	06:27	08:47	8°	CST
Wuhan China	04:08	06:27	08:47	8°	CST
Lahore Pakistan	01:08	03:27	05:47	41°	PKT
Xi’an China	04:08	06:27	08:47	13°	CST
Mumbai Maharashtra, India	01:38	03:57	06:17	41°	IST
São Paulo Brazil	17:08	19:27	21:47	9°	UTC−3
Mexico City Mexico	14:08	16:27	18:47	below horizon	CST
Hangzhou China	04:08	06:27	08:47	3°	CST
Karachi Pakistan	01:08	03:27	05:47	47°	PKT
Delhi India	01:38	03:57	06:17	39°	IST
Moscow Russia	23:08	01:27	03:47	54°	MSK
Dhaka Bangladesh	02:08	04:27	06:47	26°	UTC+6
Seoul South Korea	05:08	07:27	09:47	1°	KST
Harbin China	04:08	06:27	08:47	5°	CST

Local times (24-hour clock). Greyed times: the Moon is below the horizon then.

United States, UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand

City	Begins	Maximum	Ends	Moon at max	Zone
New York United States	15:08	17:27	19:47	9°	EST
Chicago Illinois, United States	14:08	16:27	18:47	1°	CST
Houston Texas, United States	14:08	16:27	18:47	below horizon	CST
Phoenix Arizona, United States	13:08	15:27	17:47	below horizon	MST
Philadelphia Pennsylvania, United States	15:08	17:27	19:47	8°	EST
San Antonio Texas, United States	14:08	16:27	18:47	below horizon	CST
Dallas Texas, United States	14:08	16:27	18:47	below horizon	CST
Jacksonville Florida, United States	15:08	17:27	19:47	below horizon	EST
London England, United Kingdom	20:08	22:27	00:47	56°	GMT
Birmingham England, United Kingdom	20:08	22:27	00:47	54°	GMT
Glasgow Scotland, United Kingdom	20:08	22:27	00:47	51°	GMT
Manchester England, United Kingdom	20:08	22:27	00:47	53°	GMT
Sheffield England, United Kingdom	20:08	22:27	00:47	54°	GMT
Leeds England, United Kingdom	20:08	22:27	00:47	53°	GMT
Edinburgh Scotland, United Kingdom	20:08	22:27	00:47	51°	GMT
Liverpool England, United Kingdom	20:08	22:27	00:47	53°	GMT
Toronto Ontario, Canada	15:08	17:27	19:47	7°	EST
Montréal Quebec, Canada	15:08	17:27	19:47	11°	EST
Calgary Alberta, Canada	14:08	16:27	18:47	below horizon	CST
Ottawa Ontario, Canada	15:08	17:27	19:47	10°	EST
Edmonton Alberta, Canada	14:08	16:27	18:47	below horizon	CST
Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada	15:08	17:27	19:47	below horizon	EST
Mississauga Ontario, Canada	15:08	17:27	19:47	7°	EST
Vancouver British Columbia, Canada	13:08	15:27	17:47	below horizon	MST
Perth Western Australia, Australia	04:08	06:27	08:47	below horizon	AWST
Darwin Northern Territory, Australia	05:38	07:57	10:17	below horizon	ACST
Mandurah Western Australia, Australia	04:08	06:27	08:47	below horizon	AWST
Bunbury Western Australia, Australia	04:08	06:27	08:47	below horizon	AWST
Geraldton Western Australia, Australia	04:08	06:27	08:47	below horizon	AWST
Albany Western Australia, Australia	04:08	06:27	08:47	below horizon	AWST
Palmerston Northern Territory, Australia	05:38	07:57	10:17	below horizon	ACST
Kwinana Western Australia, Australia	04:08	06:27	08:47	below horizon	AWST
Dublin Ireland	20:08	22:27	00:47	52°	GMT
Cork Ireland	20:08	22:27	00:47	52°	GMT
Limerick Ireland	20:08	22:27	00:47	51°	GMT
Galway Ireland	20:08	22:27	00:47	51°	GMT
Tallaght Ireland	20:08	22:27	00:47	52°	GMT
Waterford Ireland	20:08	22:27	00:47	52°	GMT
Drogheda Ireland	20:08	22:27	00:47	51°	GMT
Dundalk Ireland	20:08	22:27	00:47	51°	GMT

Watching it

Safe to watch. A lunar eclipse is just the Moon in Earth's shadow: look as long as you like, with your eyes, binoculars or a telescope. No filter is needed.

We do not forecast the weather, and no one can this far ahead. Whether you see it will depend on the clouds on the day: check a local forecast a few days before and be ready to travel to a clearer sky. For long-term cloud statistics along eclipse paths, see the climatology by meteorologist Jay Anderson at eclipsophile.com.

Questions

Where is the penumbral lunar eclipse of December 9, 2030 visible?

From all of South America, Europe, Africa and Asia and most of North America: everywhere the Moon is above the horizon during the eclipse. See the map and the city tables for local times.

Can I see it from the United States?

Yes: from 431 of our 520 US cities, 0 of them for the whole eclipse.

Is it safe to watch?

Yes. A lunar eclipse is completely safe to watch with your eyes, binoculars or a telescope.

Will it be cloudy?

We do not forecast the weather. Check a local forecast a day or two before.

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Eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC: NASA Eclipse Web Site, Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses and Catalog of Lunar Eclipses (Espenak & Meeus): Besselian elements, path of totality tables and lunar contact times. City times are computed by us from those Besselian elements with the standard method (Meeus, Elements of Solar Eclipses), using a current estimate of ΔT (Earth-rotation correction) instead of the Canon's older extrapolation; they agree with NASA's own calculator to 0.1 s and with an independent Skyfield/JPL DE440 computation to within 15 s. Times are for sea level and ignore the lunar limb profile (a few seconds near the path edges). Moon altitudes: Skyfield with JPL DE440, corrected for parallax. City coordinates: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).