Total Lunar Eclipse of June 26, 2029

A blood Moon for all of South America and Africa, most of North America and parts of Europe

On Tuesday, June 26, 2029 (UT) the Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow for 1 h 41 min, turning a coppery red. Maximum is at 03:22 UT. 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)

June 26, 2029

Maximum

03:22 UT

Type

Total

Totality

1 h 41 min

Partial phases

3 h 39 min

Umbral magnitude

1.8436

Saros

130

Whole of totalityPart of totalityOnly the faint penumbral phaseNot 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

Totality visible

Maximum 04:22 on Tue 26 Jun local time · Moon 24° up

Phase	Local time (WAT)	Moon height
Penumbral eclipse begins	01:34	59°
Partial eclipse begins	02:32	47°
Totality begins	03:31	35°
Maximum	04:22	24°
Totality ends	05:13	12°
Partial eclipse ends	06:11	below horizon
Penumbral eclipse ends	07:09	below horizon

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

How the eclipse unfolds

00:34 UTPenumbral eclipse begins
01:32 UTPartial eclipse begins
02:31 UTTotality begins
03:22 UTMaximum
04:13 UTTotality ends
05:11 UTPartial eclipse ends
06:09 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	Partial	Total	Maximum	Total ends	Partial ends	Moon at max	Zone
Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo	02:32	03:31	04:22	05:13	06:11	24°	WAT
Lagos Nigeria	02:32	03:31	04:22	05:13	06:11	29°	WAT
São Paulo Brazil	22:32	23:31	00:22	01:13	02:11	87°	UTC−3
Mexico City Mexico	19:32	20:31	21:22	22:13	23:11	25°	CST
Cairo Egypt	04:32	05:31	06:22	07:13	08:11	below horizon	EEST
Johannesburg South Africa	03:32	04:31	05:22	06:13	07:11	19°	SAST
London England, United Kingdom	02:32	03:31	04:22	05:13	06:11	2°	BST
New York United States	21:32	22:31	23:22	00:13	01:11	21°	EDT
Lima Peru	20:32	21:31	22:22	23:13	00:11	61°	UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia	20:32	21:31	22:22	23:13	00:11	53°	UTC−5
Rio de Janeiro Brazil	22:32	23:31	00:22	01:13	02:11	84°	UTC−3
Abidjan Ivory Coast	01:32	02:31	03:22	04:13	05:11	36°	GMT
Dar es Salaam Tanzania	04:32	05:31	06:22	07:13	08:11	3°	EAT
Alexandria Egypt	04:32	05:31	06:22	07:13	08:11	below horizon	EEST
Kano Nigeria	02:32	03:31	04:22	05:13	06:11	22°	WAT
Santiago Chile	21:32	22:31	23:22	00:13	01:11	69°	UTC−4
Cape Town South Africa	03:32	04:31	05:22	06:13	07:11	29°	SAST
Jeddah Saudi Arabia	04:32	05:31	06:22	07:13	08:11	below horizon	UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya	04:32	05:31	06:22	07:13	08:11	3°	EAT
Giza Egypt	04:32	05:31	06:22	07:13	08:11	below horizon	EEST
Bamako Mali	01:32	02:31	03:22	04:13	05:11	35°	GMT
Addis Ababa Ethiopia	04:32	05:31	06:22	07:13	08:11	below horizon	EAT
Los Angeles California, United States	18:32	19:31	20:22	21:13	22:11	2°	PDT
Casablanca Morocco	01:32	02:31	03:22	04:13	05:11	19°	UTC+0

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

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

City	Partial	Total	Maximum	Total ends	Partial ends	Moon at max	Zone
New York United States	21:32	22:31	23:22	00:13	01:11	21°	EDT
Los Angeles California, United States	18:32	19:31	20:22	21:13	22:11	2°	PDT
Chicago Illinois, United States	20:32	21:31	22:22	23:13	00:11	15°	CDT
Houston Texas, United States	20:32	21:31	22:22	23:13	00:11	20°	CDT
Phoenix Arizona, United States	18:32	19:31	20:22	21:13	22:11	7°	MST
Philadelphia Pennsylvania, United States	21:32	22:31	23:22	00:13	01:11	22°	EDT
San Antonio Texas, United States	20:32	21:31	22:22	23:13	00:11	19°	CDT
San Diego California, United States	18:32	19:31	20:22	21:13	22:11	4°	PDT
London England, United Kingdom	02:32	03:31	04:22	05:13	06:11	2°	BST
Birmingham England, United Kingdom	02:32	03:31	04:22	05:13	06:11	2°	BST
Glasgow Scotland, United Kingdom	02:32	03:31	04:22	05:13	06:11	1°	BST
Manchester England, United Kingdom	02:32	03:31	04:22	05:13	06:11	2°	BST
Sheffield England, United Kingdom	02:32	03:31	04:22	05:13	06:11	2°	BST
Leeds England, United Kingdom	02:32	03:31	04:22	05:13	06:11	1°	BST
Edinburgh Scotland, United Kingdom	02:32	03:31	04:22	05:13	06:11	0°	BST
Liverpool England, United Kingdom	02:32	03:31	04:22	05:13	06:11	2°	BST
Toronto Ontario, Canada	21:32	22:31	23:22	00:13	01:11	17°	EDT
Montréal Quebec, Canada	21:32	22:31	23:22	00:13	01:11	17°	EDT
Calgary Alberta, Canada	19:32	20:31	21:22	22:13	23:11	below horizon	CST
Ottawa Ontario, Canada	21:32	22:31	23:22	00:13	01:11	16°	EDT
Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada	20:32	21:31	22:22	23:13	00:11	5°	EST
Mississauga Ontario, Canada	21:32	22:31	23:22	00:13	01:11	17°	EDT
Brampton Ontario, Canada	21:32	22:31	23:22	00:13	01:11	17°	EDT
Hamilton Ontario, Canada	21:32	22:31	23:22	00:13	01:11	17°	EDT
Dublin Ireland	02:32	03:31	04:22	05:13	06:11	4°	IST
Cork Ireland	02:32	03:31	04:22	05:13	06:11	6°	IST
Limerick Ireland	02:32	03:31	04:22	05:13	06:11	5°	IST
Galway Ireland	02:32	03:31	04:22	05:13	06:11	5°	IST
Tallaght Ireland	02:32	03:31	04:22	05:13	06:11	4°	IST
Waterford Ireland	02:32	03:31	04:22	05:13	06:11	5°	IST
Drogheda Ireland	02:32	03:31	04:22	05:13	06:11	3°	IST
Dundalk Ireland	02:32	03:31	04:22	05:13	06:11	3°	IST

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 total lunar eclipse of June 26, 2029 visible?

From all of South America and Africa, most of North America and parts of Europe: 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 505 of our 520 US cities, 367 of them for the whole totality. US local dates may be the evening before the UT date.

Why does the Moon turn red?

Sunlight passing through Earth's atmosphere is bent into the shadow and loses its blue light on the way, as at sunset. That reddened light is all that reaches the Moon. How dark or bright the red is depends on clouds and volcanic dust in Earth's atmosphere.

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).