A total eclipse of the Moon occurs on Sunday 30 July, 2102 UT, with maximum eclipse at 00:25 UT. The Moon will barely edge into total eclipse for 31 minutes and 18 seconds. With the Moon just 5% of its diameter into the Earth's umbral shadow, the Moon may be quite bright, but even so, this should be worth seeing. The partial eclipse will last for 3 hours and 10 minutes in total.

The penumbral eclipse lasts for 5 hours and 3 minutes. The partial eclipse lasts for 3 hours and 10 minutes. The total eclipse lasts for 31 minutes and 18 seconds. Maximum eclipse is at 00:25:41 UT.

During this eclipse the Moon will be at perigee, making it extremely large. At maximum eclipse it will be 0.567° in apparent diameter, which is 6.8% larger than average. The statistics page has information on the ranges of the sizes of the Sun and Moon, and the Moon data page displays detailed information on the Moon's key dates.

Interactive Map

This map shows the visibility of the eclipse at maximum eclipse, when it will be visible within the bright area on the map. Note that the map is approximate, and if you are near the edge of the area of visibility, the moon will be very close to the horizon and may not be practically visible.

You can use the zoom controls to zoom in and out, and pan to see areas of interest. The green marker in the centre shows where the Moon will be directly overhead at maximum eclipse.

The interactive map is currently not available.

Overview Map

This map sourced from NASA Goddard Space flight Center: GSFC Eclipse Web SiteGSFC Eclipse Web Site
The primary source of all the information on eclipses presented here at Hermit Eclipse. (NASA Goddard Space flight Center)
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
shows the visibility of the eclipse. (Click on it for the full-sized version.)

Eclipse Season and Saros Series

This eclipse season contains 2 eclipses:

This is the 29th eclipse in lunar Saros series 140.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 140, is linked to solar Saros series 147. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 00:25:41 on 30 Jul UT TDT Date/time (max) 00:29:10 on 30 Jul TDT
Saros Series 140 Number in Series 29
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.9873 Central Magnitiude 1.0451
Gamma 0.4586 Path Width (km)
Delta T 3m29s Error ± 1m36s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h03m Partial Duration 3h10m
Total Duration 31m18s
Partial Rating Total Rating
Sun Distance 151904831 km (99.5%) Moon Distance 357413 km (2.0%)
Sun Diameter 0.525° Moon Diameter 0.557° - 0.567°
Perigee 16:25 on 29 Jul UT Apogee 18:44 on 11 Aug UT

Note that while all dates and times on this site (except where noted) are in UT, which is within a second of civil time, the dates and times shown in NASA's eclipse listingsGSFC Eclipse Web Site
The primary source of all the information on eclipses presented here at Hermit Eclipse. (NASA Goddard Space flight Center)
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
are in the TDT timescale.

The Sun and Moon distances are shown in km, and as a percentage of their minimum - maximum distances; hence 0% is the closest possible (Earth's perihelion, or the Moon's closest possible perigee) and 100% is the farthest (aphelion, the farthest apogee). The statistics page has information on the ranges of sizes of the Sun and Moon, and the Moon data page displays detailed information on the Moon's key dates.

Data last updated: 2015-06-21 22:11:46 UTC.