Where is the penumbral lunar eclipse of December 11, 2038 visible?
From start to end over Siberia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and South Asia; in part over Africa, Greenland and New Zealand.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse of December 11, 2038
The Moon passes through the Earth’s faint outer shadow only. One side of it dims a little; most people notice nothing.
Where it is seen
From start to end over Siberia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and South Asia; in part over Africa, Greenland and New Zealand.
Drawing the eclipse…
Moon overhead
Drawing the eclipse…
Times are in your own time zone. Drag the globe to turn it; the slider moves the eclipse.
Times and facts
- Date
- Saturday, December 11, 2038
- Penumbral eclipse begins
- 15:33
- Deepest
- 17:43
- Penumbral eclipse ends
- 19:53
- Magnitude
- 0.81 of the Moon’s width in the outer shadow
- Moon overhead
- The Bay of Bengal 22.2° N, 92.6° E
Times are UTC. A lunar eclipse happens at the same instant everywhere; a solar eclipse reaches each place at its own time, given below.
What cities see
435 of the cities this site covers see something of this eclipse; these are the 40 largest. Times are local to each city.
| City | Sees | From | Deepest | Until | Local date | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai · China | All of it | 23:33 | 01:43 | 03:53 | Sun, Dec 12 | 62° up |
| Istanbul · Türkiye | All of it | 18:33 | 20:43 | 22:53 | Sat, Dec 11 | 33° up |
| Mumbai · India | All of it | 9:03 PM | 11:13 PM | 1:23 AM | Sat, Dec 11 | 71° up |
| Beijing · China | All of it | 23:33 | 01:43 | 03:53 | Sun, Dec 12 | 63° up |
| Karachi · Pakistan | All of it | 8:33 PM | 10:43 PM | 12:53 AM | Sat, Dec 11 | 66° up |
| Tianjin · China | All of it | 23:33 | 01:43 | 03:53 | Sun, Dec 12 | 63° up |
| Guangzhou · China | All of it | 23:33 | 01:43 | 03:53 | Sun, Dec 12 | 71° up |
| Delhi · India | All of it | 9:03 PM | 11:13 PM | 1:23 AM | Sat, Dec 11 | 74° up |
| Moscow · Russia | All of it | 18:33 | 20:43 | 22:53 | Sat, Dec 11 | 37° up |
| Shenzhen · China | All of it | 23:33 | 01:43 | 03:53 | Sun, Dec 12 | 70° up |
| Dhaka · Bangladesh | All of it | 9:33 PM | 11:43 PM | 1:53 AM | Sat, Dec 11 | 87° up |
| Seoul · South Korea | All of it | 12:33 AM | 2:43 AM | 4:53 AM | Sun, Dec 12 | 56° up |
| Wuhan · China | All of it | 23:33 | 01:43 | 03:53 | Sun, Dec 12 | 69° up |
| Jakarta · Indonesia | All of it | 22:33 | 00:43 | 02:53 | Sun, Dec 12 | 58° up |
| Tokyo · Japan | All of it | 00:33 | 02:43 | 04:53 | Sun, Dec 12 | 46° up |
| Dongguan · China | All of it | 23:33 | 01:43 | 03:53 | Sun, Dec 12 | 70° up |
| Taipei · Taiwan | All of it | 11:33 PM | 1:43 AM | 3:53 AM | Sun, Dec 12 | 63° up |
| Cairo · Egypt | All of it | 5:33 PM | 7:43 PM | 9:53 PM | Sat, Dec 11 | 34° up |
| Chongqing · China | All of it | 23:33 | 01:43 | 03:53 | Sun, Dec 12 | 75° up |
| Chengdu · China | All of it | 23:33 | 01:43 | 03:53 | Sun, Dec 12 | 76° up |
| Baghdad · Iraq | All of it | 6:33 PM | 8:43 PM | 10:53 PM | Sat, Dec 11 | 46° up |
| Nanjing · China | All of it | 23:33 | 01:43 | 03:53 | Sun, Dec 12 | 64° up |
| Tehran · Iran | All of it | 19:03 | 21:13 | 23:23 | Sat, Dec 11 | 51° up |
| Nanchong · China | All of it | 23:33 | 01:43 | 03:53 | Sun, Dec 12 | 75° up |
| Hong Kong · Hong Kong SAR China | All of it | 11:33 PM | 1:43 AM | 3:53 AM | Sun, Dec 12 | 70° up |
| Xi’an · China | All of it | 23:33 | 01:43 | 03:53 | Sun, Dec 12 | 71° up |
| Lahore · Pakistan | All of it | 8:33 PM | 10:43 PM | 12:53 AM | Sat, Dec 11 | 71° up |
| Shenyang · China | All of it | 23:33 | 01:43 | 03:53 | Sun, Dec 12 | 57° up |
| Hangzhou · China | All of it | 23:33 | 01:43 | 03:53 | Sun, Dec 12 | 64° up |
| Harbin · China | All of it | 23:33 | 01:43 | 03:53 | Sun, Dec 12 | 53° up |
| Tai’an · China | All of it | 23:33 | 01:43 | 03:53 | Sun, Dec 12 | 64° up |
| Suzhou · China | All of it | 23:33 | 01:43 | 03:53 | Sun, Dec 12 | 63° up |
| Shantou · China | All of it | 23:33 | 01:43 | 03:53 | Sun, Dec 12 | 67° up |
| Bangkok · Thailand | All of it | 22:33 | 00:43 | 02:53 | Sun, Dec 12 | 79° up |
| Bengaluru · India | All of it | 9:03 PM | 11:13 PM | 1:23 AM | Sat, Dec 11 | 73° up |
| Saint Petersburg · Russia | All of it | 18:33 | 20:43 | 22:53 | Sat, Dec 11 | 32° up |
| Kolkata · India | All of it | 9:03 PM | 11:13 PM | 1:23 AM | Sat, Dec 11 | 86° up |
| Lagos · Nigeria | Part of it | 18:29 moonrise | 18:43 | 20:53 | Sat, Dec 11 | 3° up |
| Kinshasa · Congo - Kinshasa | Part of it | 17:58 moonrise | 18:43 | 20:53 | Sat, Dec 11 | 9° up |
| London · United Kingdom | Part of it | 15:50 moonrise | 17:43 | 19:53 | Sat, Dec 11 | 15° up |
With the app
Years away, and easy to forget. The app reminds you the day before.
This page tells you when to look. The app tells you again when it matters, and shows you where in your own sky.
- An alert the day before an eclipse you can see, and another an hour before its deepest moment.
- Set the sky to the minute of the eclipse and see where the Sun or the Moon will stand, from where you are.
- An arrow in the camera view that leads you to the Moon, a planet or any star.
- Meteor showers, oppositions and supermoons in the same calendar.
Quick answers
What time is the lunar eclipse on December 11, 2038?
The Moon is inside the Earth’s faint outer shadow from 15:33 UTC to 19:53 UTC, and deepest in it at 17:43 UTC. It happens at the same instant for everyone: only the clock on the wall differs.
Do I need anything to watch it?
No, but there is little to see: the Moon only passes through the Earth’s faint outer shadow, and most people notice no change.