Lunar eclipse · Saros 122

Total Lunar Eclipse

April 25, 2032 — visible across eastern Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific.

About this eclipse

What happens
The Moon passes fully into Earth's umbral shadow and glows a deep coppery red — totality lasts about 66 minutes. Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
Where it’s visible
eastern Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific

Geometry & timing

Greatest eclipse (TD)
15:14:51 · ΔT 79s
Greatest eclipse (UTC)
15:13:32
Saros series
122
Magnitude
2.2192 / 1.1913 (penumbral / umbral)
Moon overhead at greatest
14°S, 131°E
Phase durations
342.4 / 211.2 / 65.5 min

Sources

Timing and geometry from NASA’s eclipse catalogs. Verify local circumstances before you travel.

How the eclipse unfolds

PenumbraUmbraMoon

Schematic of the Moon crossing Earth’s penumbra (outer) and umbra (inner) at greatest eclipse. Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon: eastern Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific.

The Moon is above the horizon — and the eclipse visible — on the marker’s side of the dashed line (its position at greatest eclipse).

Dark-sky stays near the greatest point

The closest astronomy-forward stays in the Stella catalog to where this eclipse peaks.

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