📅 Sky calendar

Lunar eclipses

When the Moon slips into Earth’s shadow.

Next one: Faint lunar eclipse: 20 February 2027 at 23:12 UTC, in 114 days
Seen from: The Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia
Next blood moon: 31 December 2028 at 16:52 UTC, in 793 days
Safe to watch: Yes, with your own eyes

Every lunar eclipse to 2035

Faint lunar eclipse Sat, 20 February 2027 Seen from the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia. The Moon dims only slightly. It is easy to miss.
Faint lunar eclipse Sun, 18 July 2027 Seen from eastern Africa, Asia, Australia, the Pacific. The Moon dims only slightly. It is easy to miss.
Faint lunar eclipse Tue, 17 August 2027 Seen from the Pacific, the Americas. The Moon dims only slightly. It is easy to miss.
Partial lunar eclipse Wed, 12 January 2028 Seen from the Americas, Europe, Africa. Part of the Moon goes dark in Earth’s shadow.
Partial lunar eclipse Thu, 6 July 2028 Seen from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia. Part of the Moon goes dark in Earth’s shadow.
Total lunar eclipse Sun, 31 December 2028 · Fully in shadow for 1 h 11 min Seen from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, the Pacific. The Moon passes fully into Earth’s shadow and turns a coppery red, the “blood moon”.
Total lunar eclipse Tue, 26 June 2029 · Fully in shadow for 1 h 42 min Seen from the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East. The Moon passes fully into Earth’s shadow and turns a coppery red, the “blood moon”.
Total lunar eclipse Thu, 20 December 2029 · Fully in shadow for 54 min Seen from the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia. The Moon passes fully into Earth’s shadow and turns a coppery red, the “blood moon”.
Partial lunar eclipse Sat, 15 June 2030 Seen from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia. Part of the Moon goes dark in Earth’s shadow.
Faint lunar eclipse Mon, 9 December 2030 Seen from the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia. The Moon dims only slightly. It is easy to miss.
Faint lunar eclipse Wed, 7 May 2031 Seen from the Americas, Europe, Africa. The Moon dims only slightly. It is easy to miss.
Faint lunar eclipse Thu, 5 June 2031 Seen from Indonesia, Australia, the Pacific. The Moon dims only slightly. It is easy to miss.
Faint lunar eclipse Thu, 30 October 2031 Seen from the Americas. The Moon dims only slightly. It is easy to miss.
Total lunar eclipse Sun, 25 April 2032 · Fully in shadow for 1 h 6 min Seen from eastern Africa, Asia, Australia, the Pacific. The Moon passes fully into Earth’s shadow and turns a coppery red, the “blood moon”.
Total lunar eclipse Mon, 18 October 2032 · Fully in shadow for 47 min Seen from Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia. The Moon passes fully into Earth’s shadow and turns a coppery red, the “blood moon”.
Total lunar eclipse Thu, 14 April 2033 · Fully in shadow for 49 min Seen from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia. The Moon passes fully into Earth’s shadow and turns a coppery red, the “blood moon”.
Total lunar eclipse Sat, 8 October 2033 · Fully in shadow for 1 h 19 min Seen from Asia, Australia, the Pacific, the Americas. The Moon passes fully into Earth’s shadow and turns a coppery red, the “blood moon”.
Faint lunar eclipse Mon, 3 April 2034 Seen from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia. The Moon dims only slightly. It is easy to miss.
Partial lunar eclipse Thu, 28 September 2034 Seen from the Americas, Europe, Africa. Part of the Moon goes dark in Earth’s shadow.
Faint lunar eclipse Thu, 22 February 2035 Seen from eastern Asia, the Pacific, the Americas. The Moon dims only slightly. It is easy to miss.
Partial lunar eclipse Sun, 19 August 2035 Seen from the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East. Part of the Moon goes dark in Earth’s shadow.

Dates are in UTC until the page has loaded, then in your own time zone. It can be seen from anywhere the Moon is up at the time.

Did you know?

It is safe to watch with your own eyes, and anyone on the night side of Earth can see it.
The red colour is sunlight bent through Earth’s air, as if every sunrise and sunset on Earth were lighting the Moon at once.
A lunar eclipse can only happen at full Moon.

More NASA photos of Lunar eclipsesStraight from NASA’s image library, in the app

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All of night sky

Orion The Hunter, with three bright stars in a row for his belt. Ursa Major The Great Bear, home of the Big Dipper. Ursa Minor The Little Bear, with Polaris at the tip of its tail. Cassiopeia A bright W of five stars, named after a boastful queen. Scorpius The Scorpion, with red Antares at its heart. Leo The Lion, whose head is a backwards question mark of stars.

Facts: Dates, types and where they can be seen: NASA’s eclipse tables by Fred Espenak. Photo: NASA/Joel Kowsky. Open Lunar eclipses in the app.