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December 31, 2028 — Total Lunar Eclipse — North West Point, Mauritius

Dec 31, 2028 at 8:52 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in North West Point
Begins: Sun, Dec 31, 2028 at 6:30 pm
Maximum: Sun, Dec 31, 2028 at 8:52 pm 1.246 Magnitude
Ends: Sun, Dec 31, 2028 at 11:40 pm
Duration: 5 hours, 9 minutes

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December 31, 2028 — Total Lunar Eclipse — North West Point

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below.

Time Phase Event Direction Altitude
6:03 pm Sun, Dec 31 Not directly visible Penumbral Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction East-northeast 67°
-6.7°
6:30 pm Sun, Dec 31 Rising Moonrise Rising Map direction East-northeast 66°
-0.2°
7:07 pm Sun, Dec 31
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast.
Map direction East-northeast 64°
7.2°
8:16 pm Sun, Dec 31
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon. Map direction East-northeast 59°
21.6°
8:52 pm Sun, Dec 31
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Map direction Northeast 55°
28.7°
9:27 pm Sun, Dec 31
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends. Map direction Northeast 50°
35.6°
10:36 pm Sun, Dec 31
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends. Map direction Northeast 37°
47.2°
11:40 pm Sun, Dec 31
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends. Map direction North-northeast 17°
54.4°

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in North West Point

Eclipse Visibility From North West Point Visibility Worldwide
Aug 28, 2026 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 2, 2027 Partial Solar Eclipse Total Solar Eclipse
Jul 6–7, 2028 Partial Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2028 Total Lunar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse

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