The Next Lunar Eclipse From Your Town
Every lunar eclipse to 2045 from NASA, and whether the Moon is up for it where you are.
New York City, NY · the next lunar eclipse
The next lunar eclipse, and whether you can see it from herePick a place: the eclipse’s phases in your time zone, and whether the Moon is up and the sky dark for each.
- Penumbral
- Pale, hard to see
- Partial
- A dark bite
- Total
- The red “blood moon”
Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak and Jean Meeus (NASA’s GSFC). Whether the Moon is up: computed for your place.
The lunar eclipses ahead
| Date | Type | Greatest eclipse | From here |
|---|
After August 28, 2026, the next lunar eclipse is a faint penumbral one on February 20, 2027. The next total one, a “blood moon”, is on December 31, 2028 (Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia); for New York, Chicago, Miami, Denver and Los Angeles it is the night of June 25–26, 2029. Type your town for yours.
How to use it
Type your town and pick it from the list, type coordinates (“40.71, -74.01”), or use your location, which stays on your device. The answer is the next lunar eclipse, whether you see it whole, in part or not at all, and each phase in your time zone with the Moon up or down. Pick any eclipse from the list, or tap a date in the table, to see that one; the table shows every eclipse ahead from your town, and the panel the next one you can see and the next blood moon.
Where the numbers come from
Every date, type and phase length is NASA’s: the Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses by Fred Espenak and Jean Meeus (NASA’s GSFC), with the regions from NASA’s decade tables. Each phase begins and ends half its length either side of greatest eclipse, which is how NASA’s own “Eclipses During” pages work out the times; all 60 phase times on those pages for 2026 to 2030 match the tool’s to the minute. From your town, a moment counts as seen when the Moon is above the horizon and the Sun below it. A partial or total eclipse counts from the moment the Moon touches the dark umbra to the moment it leaves it; a penumbral one, from start to end.
Total: the whole Moon passes into Earth’s umbra and turns red-orange, the “blood moon”. Partial: only part of it does, a dark bite out of the full moon. Penumbral: the Moon passes only through the faint outer shadow; NASA calls these “pale and difficult to see”, and shading shows only past a penumbral magnitude of about 0.6.
Every lunar eclipse to 2035
| Date (UT) | Type | Greatest eclipse | Totality | Seen from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2027 | Penumbral | 23:12 UT | – | Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia |
| Jul 18, 2027 | Penumbral | 16:02 UT | – | e Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific |
| Aug 17, 2027 | Penumbral | 07:13 UT | – | Pacific, Americas |
| Jan 12, 2028 | Partial | 04:12 UT | – | Americas, Europe, Africa |
| Jul 6, 2028 | Partial | 18:19 UT | – | Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia |
| Dec 31, 2028 | Total | 16:51 UT | 71 min | Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific |
| Jun 26, 2029 | Total | 03:22 UT | 102 min | Americas, Europe, Africa, Mid East |
| Dec 20, 2029 | Total | 22:41 UT | 54 min | Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia |
| Jun 15, 2030 | Partial | 18:33 UT | – | Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia |
| Dec 9, 2030 | Penumbral | 22:27 UT | – | Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia |
| May 7, 2031 | Penumbral | 03:50 UT | – | Americas, Europe, Africa |
| Jun 5, 2031 | Penumbral | 11:43 UT | – | East Indies, Australia, Pacific |
| Oct 30, 2031 | Penumbral | 07:45 UT | – | Americas |
| Apr 25, 2032 | Total | 15:13 UT | 66 min | e Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific |
| Oct 18, 2032 | Total | 19:02 UT | 47 min | Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia |
| Apr 14, 2033 | Total | 19:12 UT | 49 min | Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia |
| Oct 8, 2033 | Total | 10:55 UT | 79 min | Asia, Australia, Pacific, Americas |
| Apr 3, 2034 | Penumbral | 19:05 UT | – | Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia |
| Sep 28, 2034 | Partial | 02:46 UT | – | Americas, Europe, Africa |
| Feb 22, 2035 | Penumbral | 09:04 UT | – | e Asia, Pacific, Americas |
| Aug 19, 2035 | Partial | 01:10 UT | – | Americas, Europe, Africa, Mid East |
Dates and times are Universal Time: an eclipse at 03:22 UT on June 26 is the evening of June 25 in the Americas. “Seen from” is where some of the eclipse is in the sky (NASA’s regions: e = east, w = west, s = south).
Worked examples
New York, February 20, 2027. A penumbral eclipse that began at 4:12 PM EST, in daylight; the sky is dark from 5:38 PM, and greatest eclipse is at 6:12 PM. Seen in part, and only as a faint shading, if at all.
Los Angeles, the next blood moon. June 25, 2029: totality runs from 7:31 to 9:13 PM PDT, 102 minutes, the longest in the table. The Moon rises at about sunset already red, and the rest is in view, from 8:10 PM to the end of the partial phase at 10:11 PM.
London, December 31, 2028. The Moon rises in the partial phase and the sky is dark by 4:01 PM; totality, 4:16 to 5:27 PM GMT, is in view low in the east, and the partial phase ends at 6:36 PM.
Common mistakes
- Reading a date in Universal Time as your own. An eclipse after midnight UT is often the evening before in the Americas: the tool shows each one in your time zone.
- Expecting a penumbral eclipse to look like the pictures. Most people see a plain full moon: the “blood moon” is a total eclipse.
- Checking only the date. At any moment the Moon is below the horizon for half the world: the tool checks your town.
- Buying eclipse glasses. They are for the Sun: you can watch every phase of a lunar eclipse with your own eyes, binoculars or a telescope.
More for a night out
Find a dark spot: see the dark sky parks in the US, which states can see the Milky Way, or where to see it in Florida. For the other side of an eclipse, the Next Solar Eclipse finder does the same for the Sun, and the Moon Phase Calendar has every full moon.
FAQ
When is the next lunar eclipse?
After August 28, 2026, the next is a penumbral eclipse on February 20, 2027 (greatest eclipse 23:12 UT), seen from the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia. Two more penumbral ones follow on July 18 and August 17, 2027, then a partial one on January 12, 2028.
When is the next blood moon?
The next total lunar eclipse is on December 31, 2028, seen from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific. For the Americas it is June 25–26, 2029, with 102 minutes of totality, then December 20, 2029.
When is the next total lunar eclipse in the U.S.?
The night of June 25–26, 2029: from New York, Chicago, Miami, Denver, Los Angeles and Seattle the Moon is in the sky for totality. Type your town for the exact times.
What is a penumbral lunar eclipse?
The Moon passes only through Earth’s faint outer shadow, the penumbra, and never into the dark umbra. NASA calls these eclipses “pale and difficult to see”: shading shows only past a penumbral magnitude of about 0.6, and the shallowest, like July 18, 2027, look like a plain full moon.
Why is it called a blood moon?
During a total lunar eclipse the Moon turns dark red or orange: the only sunlight that reaches it has passed through Earth’s atmosphere, the light of every sunrise and sunset at once.
Do you need glasses to watch a lunar eclipse?
No. In NASA’s words, “You can observe a lunar eclipse without any special equipment.” Binoculars or a telescope make it better; a dark place away from lights helps.
How long does a lunar eclipse last?
From the first touch of the outer shadow to the last, up to about 6 hours; the partial phases of the eclipses in the table run up to 3 hours 40 minutes, and totality up to 102 minutes (June 26, 2029).