Partial lunar eclipse, Friday 28 August 2026
This eclipse has taken place.
Part of the Moon (93% of its diameter at most) passes into Earth's dark umbra. It is visible from anywhere the Moon is above the horizon: e Pacific, Americas, Europe, Africa.
- Greatest eclipse
- Type
- Partial
- Umbral magnitude
- 0.929 (NASA 0.930)
- Penumbral magnitude
- 1.964
- Saros series
- 138
Timetable (UTC)
| Penumbral eclipse begins | |
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| Partial eclipse begins | |
| Greatest eclipse | |
| Partial eclipse ends | |
| Penumbral eclipse ends |
Contact times to the nearest minute, using the Danjon enlargement of Earth's shadow that NASA's tables also use. The penumbral stages are hard to see; the show begins with the partial phase.
Cities where the Moon is up
| City | Moon altitude at greatest | Umbral phase above horizon |
|---|---|---|
| Manaus Brazil | 83° | 100% |
| La Paz Bolivia | 81° | 100% |
| Cusco Peru | 80° | 100% |
| Lima Peru | 76° | 100% |
| San Pedro de Atacama Chile | 75° | 100% |
| Brasília Brazil | 74° | 100% |
| Bogotá Colombia | 72° | 100% |
| Quito Ecuador | 72° | 100% |
| Medellín Colombia | 70° | 100% |
| Caracas Venezuela | 70° | 100% |
| São Paulo Brazil | 68° | 100% |
| La Serena Chile | 68° | 100% |
| Rio de Janeiro Brazil | 66° | 100% |
| Panama City Panama | 65° | 100% |
| Santiago Chile | 64° | 100% |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 64° | 100% |
| Montevideo Uruguay | 63° | 100% |
| San Juan Puerto Rico | 62° | 100% |
| San José Costa Rica | 61° | 100% |
| Havana Cuba | 52° | 100% |
| Cancún Mexico | 51° | 100% |
| Miami United States | 51° | 100% |
| Orlando United States | 48° | 100% |
| Mexico City Mexico | 44° | 100% |
| Ushuaia Argentina | 44° | 100% |
| New Orleans United States | 42° | 100% |
| Atlanta United States | 42° | 100% |
| Charlotte United States | 42° | 100% |
| Guadalajara Mexico | 40° | 100% |
| Houston United States | 39° | 100% |
| Washington, D.C. United States | 39° | 100% |
| Philadelphia United States | 39° | 100% |
| Nashville United States | 39° | 100% |
| New York United States | 38° | 100% |
| Dakar Senegal | 38° | 100% |
| San Antonio United States | 38° | 100% |
| Austin United States | 38° | 100% |
| Pittsburgh United States | 37° | 100% |
| Boston United States | 37° | 100% |
| Dallas United States | 36° | 100% |
| Halifax Canada | 35° | 100% |
| St. Louis United States | 35° | 100% |
| Detroit United States | 34° | 100% |
| Toronto Canada | 34° | 100% |
| Montreal Canada | 34° | 100% |
| Ottawa Canada | 33° | 100% |
| Chicago United States | 33° | 100% |
| Kansas City United States | 33° | 100% |
| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain | 30° | 100% |
| Albuquerque United States | 29° | 100% |
| Minneapolis United States | 28° | 100% |
| Tucson United States | 27° | 100% |
| Denver United States | 27° | 100% |
| Phoenix United States | 26° | 100% |
| Accra Ghana | 25° | 100% |
| Winnipeg Canada | 23° | 100% |
| San Diego United States | 23° | 100% |
| Marrakesh Morocco | 22° | 100% |
| Las Vegas United States | 22° | 100% |
| Salt Lake City United States | 22° | 100% |
Showing the best-placed 60 of 120 cities.
