SUN · LUNAR ECLIPSE · BLOOD MOON
Total lunar eclipse of June 26, 2029
The deepest lunar eclipse of the decade — a CENTRAL total eclipse with 103 minutes of totality (the canon’s own “exceptionally long” class, over 100 minutes), the Moon crossing the very axis of Earth’s shadow. Americas, Europe, Africa and the Mid East.
Unlike a solar eclipse, a lunar eclipse is completely safe to watch with the naked eye — no glasses, no filters. Everyone on the night side of Earth sees the same phase at the same moment.
The timeline, minute by minute
Contact times from the published canon (UT1, rounded to the minute). These instants are the same everywhere on Earth; whether you can see a given phase depends only on whether the Moon is above your horizon — check your city below.
| Phase | What happens | UT |
|---|---|---|
| P1 | Penumbral eclipse begins | 00:34 |
| U1 | Partial eclipse begins — the Moon enters the umbra | 01:31 |
| U2 | TOTALITY begins — the blood-moon phase | 02:30 |
| Max | Greatest eclipse | 03:22 |
| U3 | Totality ends | 04:13 |
| U4 | Partial eclipse ends — the Moon leaves the umbra | 05:12 |
| P4 | Penumbral eclipse ends | 06:10 |
What you'll see
The full Moon slides into Earth's shadow and, during totality, turns a deep copper-red — a blood moon. The colour is real physics: every sunrise and sunset on Earth, refracted through our atmosphere onto the lunar surface at once. With magnitude 1.8452, the Moon travels right through the heart of the shadow — expect a long, dark totality. The Moon is 3.5 days after perigee — a large moon. It sits in Sagittarius for the night.
Who sees it — city by city
Computed from the canon contact times and the Moon's real position over each city (geometric altitude; near the horizon, buildings and haze matter). “Maximum” is the local clock time of greatest eclipse. Each city links to its own eclipse page with the full calendar.
| City | Sees | Maximum (local) | Moon at max |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | Entire eclipse | Jun 25, 11:22 PM | 22° |
| Los Angeles | Rises during — later phases | Jun 25, 8:22 PM | 3° — very low |
| Mexico City | Entire eclipse | Jun 25, 9:22 PM | 26° |
| São Paulo | Entire eclipse | Jun 26, 12:22 AM | 87° |
| Buenos Aires | Entire eclipse | Jun 26, 12:22 AM | 76° |
| London | Sets during — earlier phases | Jun 26, 4:22 AM | 3° — very low |
| Madrid | Sets during — earlier phases | Jun 26, 5:22 AM | 13° |
| Berlin | Sets during — earlier phases | Jun 26, 5:22 AM | -4° |
| Rome | Sets during — earlier phases | Jun 26, 5:22 AM | 3° — very low |
| Lagos | Entire eclipse | Jun 26, 4:22 AM | 30° |
| Cairo | Sets during — earlier phases | Jun 26, 6:22 AM | -4° |
| Johannesburg | Sets during — earlier phases | Jun 26, 5:22 AM | 20° |
| Istanbul | Sets during — earlier phases | Jun 26, 6:22 AM | -7° |
| Dubai | Not visible | — | below horizon |
| Delhi | Not visible | — | below horizon |
| Tokyo | Not visible | — | below horizon |
| Sydney | Not visible | — | below horizon |
| Auckland | Not visible | — | below horizon |
Your city not here? Every one of our 132 city pages carries this eclipse — find yours.
Keep exploring
Eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak (NASA GSFC / EclipseWise.com) — 21st Century Canon of Lunar Eclipses, JPL DE430 ephemerides, Herald/Sinnott shadow model. Contact times UT1. City visibility computed by LiveEarthViewer from the canon instants. Source table checked 2026.