Lunar Eclipses

Lunar Eclipses: Past and Future

The following links give detailed descriptions of all eclipses of the Sun and Moon from 2000 through the current year. The original reports were published in the annual Observer's Handbook of Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.

Dates, diagrams, maps and details for 5000 years of lunar eclipses can be found in:

The Javascript Lunar Eclipse Explorer lets you calculate the visibility of lunar eclipses from any city for hundreds of years in the past and future:

Decade long tables of past and future lunar eclipses include links to dates, diagrams, maps and details:



Lunar Eclipses: 2021 - 2030

The table below lists every lunar eclipse from 2021 through 2030. Durations are given for both partial and total (in bold) phases. Click on the eclipse Calendar Date to see a map and diagram of an eclipse. Click on the Region of Eclipse Visibility to see a detailed description of an eclipse.

Lunar Eclipses: 2021 - 2030
Calendar Date TD of Greatest Eclipse Eclipse Type Saros Series Umbral Magnitude Eclipse Duration Geographic Region of Eclipse Visibility
2021 May 26 11:19:53 Total 121 1.009 03h07m
00h15m
e Asia, Australia, Pacific, Americas
2021 Nov 19 09:04:06 Partial 126 0.974 03h28m Americas, n Europe, e Asia, Australia, Pacific
2022 May 16 04:12:42 Total 131 1.414 03h27m
01h25m
Americas, Europe, Africa
2022 Nov 08 11:00:22 Total 136 1.359 03h40m
01h25m
Asia, Australia, Pacific, Americas
2023 May 05 17:24:05 Penumbral 141 -0.046 - Africa, Asia, Australia
2023 Oct 28 20:15:18 Partial 146 0.122 01h17m e Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
2024 Mar 25 07:13:59 Penumbral 113 -0.132 - Americas
2024 Sep 18 02:45:25 Partial 118 0.085 01h03m Americas, Europe, Africa
2025 Mar 14 06:59:56 Total 123 1.178 03h38m
01h05m
Pacific, Americas, w Europe, w Africa
2025 Sep 07 18:12:58 Total 128 1.362 03h29m
01h22m
Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
2026 Mar 03 11:34:52 Total 133 1.151 03h27m
00h58m
e Asia, Australia, Pacific, Americas
2026 Aug 28 04:14:04 Partial 138 0.930 03h18m e Pacific, Americas, Europe, Africa
2027 Feb 20 23:14:06 Penumbral 143 -0.057 - Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia
2027 Jul 18 16:04:09 Penumbral 110 -1.068 - e Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific
2027 Aug 17 07:14:59 Penumbral 148 -0.525 - Pacific, Americas
2028 Jan 12 04:14:13 Partial 115 0.066 00h56m Americas, Europe, Africa
2028 Jul 06 18:20:57 Partial 120 0.389 02h21m Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
2028 Dec 31 16:53:15 Total 125 1.246 03h29m
01h11m
Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific
2029 Jun 26 03:23:22 Total 130 1.844 03h40m
01h42m
Americas, Europe, Africa, Mid East
2029 Dec 20 22:43:12 Total 135 1.117 03h33m
00h54m
Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia
2030 Jun 15 18:34:34 Partial 140 0.502 02h24m Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
2030 Dec 09 22:28:51 Penumbral 145 -0.163 - Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia

Geographic abbreviations (used above): n = north, s = south, e = east, w = west, c = central


Ten Year Tables of Lunar Eclipses

Each 10-year table includes links to eclipse diagrams and visibility maps.

Ten Year Tables of Lunar Eclipses
Decades
1901-1910 1911-1920 1921-1930 1931-1940 1941-1950
1951-1960 1961-1970 1971-1980 1981-1990 1991-2000
2001-2010 2011-2020 2021-2030 2031-2040 2041-2050
2051-2060 2061-2070 2071-2080 2081-2090 2091-2100

Lunar Eclipse Catalogs
Lunar Eclipses - Special Interest
Special Features

Dedicated Lunar Eclipse Web Pages

Lunar Eclipse Publications Online

The Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses contains figures and maps of every lunar eclipse from -1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE). The supplemental Five1 Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses contains 201 pages of tables giving details for each eclipse.

The Fifty Year Canon of Lunar Eclipses contains diagrams and maps of every lunar eclipse from 1986 to 2035.

Additional eclipse publications:


All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Some of the information presented on this web site is based on data originally published in:

Fifty Year Canon of Lunar Eclipses: 1986 - 2035
Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE)
Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE)

Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC"

For more information, see: NASA Copyright Information

2026 Aug 06