Space Time
Deep Partial Lunar Eclipse of August 28, 2026
Earth's shadow covers 96.6% of the full Moon, a deep partial eclipse a sliver short of total. Visible from the Americas, Europe, Africa & the eastern Pacific, wherever the Moon is above the horizon. Your city's times and an honest moonrise verdict are in the table below. There's also a free 3D simulation: watch the Moon slide into Earth's shadow and turn red.
What happens
Earth’s shadow covers 96.6% of the full Moon, a deep partial eclipse that barely misses being total. Most of the Moon takes on the dim copper color of a total eclipse while one thin edge stays bright. Unlike a solar eclipse there is no path: everyone on the night side of Earth watches the same shadow at the same moment, and the only question for your city is whether the Moon is up.
A lunar eclipse is completely safe to watch with the naked eye. No glasses, no filters, no equipment. Binoculars make the shadow's edge and the red color easier to see.
The timeline, in UTC
These five moments are the same for the whole planet. Convert them to your clock, or read your city's row in the next table.
| Phase | Time (UTC) | What you see |
|---|---|---|
| Penumbral eclipse begins | UTC | The Moon enters Earth’s outer shadow. The shading is too faint to notice at first. |
| Partial eclipse begins | UTC | The umbra takes its first visible bite out of the Moon. |
| Maximum eclipse | UTC | 96.6% of the Moon’s disc is inside the umbra. Most of the Moon glows copper red; one thin edge stays bright. |
| Partial eclipse ends | UTC | The umbra leaves the Moon’s disc. |
| Penumbral eclipse ends | UTC | The last faint shading fades. The eclipse is over. |
Will the Moon be up? City by city
All times are local clock times; watch the weekday. In western North America the eclipse falls on Thursday evening, August 27. Further east, and in Europe and Africa, it runs after midnight into Friday morning, August 28. 14 of these cities see the whole partial eclipse. Moon altitudes are computed for each city's coordinates.
| City | What you'll see | Partial begins | Maximum | Partial ends | Moon alt at max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lima, Peru | The whole partial eclipse happens with the Moon up. Visible start to finish. | Thu 21:33 | Thu 23:12 | Fri 00:52 | 76° |
| Bogotá, Colombia | The whole partial eclipse happens with the Moon up. Visible start to finish. | Thu 21:33 | Thu 23:12 | Fri 00:52 | 72° |
| São Paulo, Brazil | The whole partial eclipse happens with the Moon up. Visible start to finish. | Thu 23:33 | Fri 01:12 | Fri 02:52 | 68° |
| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | The whole partial eclipse happens with the Moon up. Visible start to finish. | Thu 23:33 | Fri 01:12 | Fri 02:52 | 66° |
| Santiago, Chile | The whole partial eclipse happens with the Moon up. Visible start to finish. | Thu 22:33 | Fri 00:12 | Fri 01:52 | 64° |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina | The whole partial eclipse happens with the Moon up. Visible start to finish. | Thu 23:33 | Fri 01:12 | Fri 02:52 | 64° |
| Mexico City, Mexico | The whole partial eclipse happens with the Moon up. Visible start to finish. | Thu 20:33 | Thu 22:12 | Thu 23:52 | 44° |
| New York, USA | The whole partial eclipse happens with the Moon up. Visible start to finish. | Thu 22:33 | Fri 00:12 | Fri 01:52 | 38° |
| Dakar, Senegal | The whole partial eclipse happens with the Moon up. Visible start to finish. | Fri 02:33 | Fri 04:12 | Fri 05:52 | 38° |
| Toronto, Canada | The whole partial eclipse happens with the Moon up. Visible start to finish. | Thu 22:33 | Fri 00:12 | Fri 01:52 | 34° |
| Accra, Ghana | The whole partial eclipse happens with the Moon up. Visible start to finish. | Fri 02:33 | Fri 04:12 | Fri 05:52 | 25° |
| Los Angeles, USA | The whole partial eclipse happens with the Moon up. Visible start to finish. | Thu 19:33 | Thu 21:12 | Thu 22:52 | 21° |
| Lisbon, Portugal | The whole partial eclipse happens with the Moon up. Visible start to finish. | Fri 03:33 | Fri 05:12 | Fri 06:52 | 20° |
| Reykjavík, Iceland | The whole partial eclipse happens with the Moon up. Visible start to finish. | Fri 02:33 | Fri 04:12 | Fri 05:52 | 9° |
| Vancouver, Canada | The Moon rises already in eclipse, in time for the maximum. | Thu 19:33 (Moon below horizon) | Thu 21:12 | Thu 22:52 | 11° |
| Papeete, French Polynesia | The Moon rises already in eclipse, in time for the maximum. | Thu 16:33 (Moon below horizon) | Thu 18:12 | Thu 19:52 | 5° |
| Lagos, Nigeria | You see the start and the maximum; the Moon sets during the closing partial phase. | Fri 03:33 | Fri 05:12 | Fri 06:52 (Moon below horizon) | 21° |
| Madrid, Spain | You see the start and the maximum; the Moon sets during the closing partial phase. | Fri 04:33 | Fri 06:12 | Fri 07:52 (Moon below horizon) | 15° |
| Cape Town, South Africa | You see the start and the maximum; the Moon sets during the closing partial phase. | Fri 04:33 | Fri 06:12 | Fri 07:52 (Moon below horizon) | 11° |
| London, UK | You see the start and the maximum; the Moon sets during the closing partial phase. | Fri 03:33 | Fri 05:12 | Fri 06:52 (Moon below horizon) | 8° |
| Paris, France | You see the start and the maximum; the Moon sets during the closing partial phase. | Fri 04:33 | Fri 06:12 | Fri 07:52 (Moon below horizon) | 8° |
| Rome, Italy | You see the start and the maximum; the Moon sets during the closing partial phase. | Fri 04:33 | Fri 06:12 | Fri 07:52 (Moon below horizon) | 4° |
| Johannesburg, South Africa | You see the start and the maximum; the Moon sets during the closing partial phase. | Fri 04:33 | Fri 06:12 | Fri 07:52 (Moon below horizon) | 2° |
| Berlin, Germany | You see the start and the maximum; the Moon sets during the closing partial phase. | Fri 04:33 | Fri 06:12 | Fri 07:52 (Moon below horizon) | 0° |
| Athens, Greece | You see the beginning only; the Moon sets while still deeply eclipsed, before maximum. | Fri 05:33 | Fri 07:12 (Moon below horizon) | Fri 08:52 (Moon below horizon) | below horizon |
| Istanbul, Türkiye | You see the beginning only; the Moon sets while still deeply eclipsed, before maximum. | Fri 05:33 | Fri 07:12 (Moon below horizon) | Fri 08:52 (Moon below horizon) | below horizon |
| Cairo, Egypt | You see the beginning only; the Moon sets while still deeply eclipsed, before maximum. | Fri 05:33 | Fri 07:12 (Moon below horizon) | Fri 08:52 (Moon below horizon) | below horizon |
| Nairobi, Kenya | You see the beginning only; the Moon sets while still deeply eclipsed, before maximum. | Fri 05:33 | Fri 07:12 (Moon below horizon) | Fri 08:52 (Moon below horizon) | below horizon |
| Anchorage, USA | The Moon rises during the closing partial phase; you catch the end. | Thu 18:33 (Moon below horizon) | Thu 20:12 (Moon below horizon) | Thu 21:52 | below horizon |
| Honolulu, USA | The Moon rises during the closing partial phase; you catch the end. | Thu 16:33 (Moon below horizon) | Thu 18:12 (Moon below horizon) | Thu 19:52 | below horizon |
| Auckland, New Zealand | Only the faint penumbral shading happens with the Moon up; there is little to see. | Fri 14:33 (Moon below horizon) | Fri 16:12 (Moon below horizon) | Fri 17:52 (Moon below horizon) | below horizon |
| Sydney, Australia | Not visible; the eclipse happens during your daylight. | Fri 12:33 (Moon below horizon) | Fri 14:12 (Moon below horizon) | Fri 15:52 (Moon below horizon) | below horizon |
| Delhi, India | Not visible; the eclipse happens during your daylight. | Fri 08:03 (Moon below horizon) | Fri 09:42 (Moon below horizon) | Fri 11:22 (Moon below horizon) | below horizon |
| Tokyo, Japan | Not visible; the eclipse happens during your daylight. | Fri 11:33 (Moon below horizon) | Fri 13:12 (Moon below horizon) | Fri 14:52 (Moon below horizon) | below horizon |
Times computed with astronomy-engine: the global lunar-eclipse search for the shadow timeline, and per-city topocentric Moon altitudes for the horizon verdicts. Source: Astronomy Engine, regenerated by scripts/build-lunar-eclipse-page.mjs.
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