Where is the penumbral lunar eclipse of June 17, 2038 visible?
From start to end over Africa, South America, North America, Greenland and Antarctica; in part over Europe and the Middle East.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse of June 17, 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 Africa, South America, North America, Greenland and Antarctica; in part over Europe and the Middle East.
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
- Thursday, June 17, 2038
- Penumbral eclipse begins
- 01:14
- Deepest
- 02:43
- Penumbral eclipse ends
- 04:12
- Magnitude
- 0.45 of the Moon’s width in the outer shadow
- Moon overhead
- South America 22.2° S, 40.5° W
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
473 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buenos Aires · Argentina | All of it | 10:14 PM | 11:43 PM | 1:12 AM | Wed, Jun 16 | 70° up |
| Mexico City · Mexico | All of it | 7:14 PM | 8:43 PM | 10:12 PM | Wed, Jun 16 | 18° up |
| São Paulo · Brazil | All of it | 22:14 | 23:43 | 01:12 | Wed, Jun 16 | 84° up |
| Lagos · Nigeria | All of it | 02:14 | 03:43 | 05:12 | Thu, Jun 17 | 38° up |
| New York · NY | All of it | 9:14 PM | 10:43 PM | 12:12 AM | Wed, Jun 16 | 19° up |
| Kinshasa · Congo - Kinshasa | All of it | 02:14 | 03:43 | 05:12 | Thu, Jun 17 | 32° up |
| Lima · Peru | All of it | 8:14 PM | 9:43 PM | 11:12 PM | Wed, Jun 16 | 53° up |
| Bogotá · Colombia | All of it | 8:14 PM | 9:43 PM | 11:12 PM | Wed, Jun 16 | 47° up |
| Rio de Janeiro · Brazil | All of it | 22:14 | 23:43 | 01:12 | Wed, Jun 16 | 87° up |
| Santiago · Chile | All of it | 9:14 PM | 10:43 PM | 12:12 AM | Wed, Jun 16 | 61° up |
| Abidjan · Côte d’Ivoire | All of it | 01:14 | 02:43 | 04:12 | Thu, Jun 17 | 44° up |
| Kano · Nigeria | All of it | 02:14 | 03:43 | 05:12 | Thu, Jun 17 | 30° up |
| Ibadan · Nigeria | All of it | 02:14 | 03:43 | 05:12 | Thu, Jun 17 | 37° up |
| Cape Town · South Africa | All of it | 03:14 | 04:43 | 06:12 | Thu, Jun 17 | 37° up |
| Madrid · Spain | All of it | 03:14 | 04:43 | 06:12 | Thu, Jun 17 | 18° up |
| Casablanca · Morocco | All of it | 02:14 | 03:43 | 05:12 | Thu, Jun 17 | 25° up |
| Durban · South Africa | All of it | 03:14 | 04:43 | 06:12 | Thu, Jun 17 | 25° up |
| Caracas · Venezuela | All of it | 9:14 PM | 10:43 PM | 12:12 AM | Wed, Jun 16 | 48° up |
| Luanda · Angola | All of it | 02:14 | 03:43 | 05:12 | Thu, Jun 17 | 36° up |
| Chicago · IL | All of it | 8:14 PM | 9:43 PM | 11:12 PM | Wed, Jun 16 | 12° up |
| Salvador · Brazil | All of it | 22:14 | 23:43 | 01:12 | Wed, Jun 16 | 81° up |
| Toronto · Canada | All of it | 9:14 PM | 10:43 PM | 12:12 AM | Wed, Jun 16 | 14° up |
| Dakar · Senegal | All of it | 01:14 | 02:43 | 04:12 | Thu, Jun 17 | 46° up |
| Fortaleza · Brazil | All of it | 22:14 | 23:43 | 01:12 | Wed, Jun 16 | 71° up |
| Istanbul · Türkiye | Part of it | 04:14 | 05:42 | 05:42 moonset | Thu, Jun 17 | On the horizon |
| Cairo · Egypt | Part of it | 4:14 AM | 5:43 AM | 6:02 AM moonset | Thu, Jun 17 | 3° up |
| London · United Kingdom | Part of it | 02:14 | 03:43 | 05:00 moonset | Thu, Jun 17 | 7° up |
| Baghdad · Iraq | Part of it | 4:14 AM | 4:59 AM | 4:59 AM moonset | Thu, Jun 17 | On the horizon |
| Riyadh · Saudi Arabia | Part of it | 4:14 AM | 5:09 AM | 5:09 AM moonset | Thu, Jun 17 | On the horizon |
| Los Angeles · CA | Part of it | 7:59 PM moonrise | 7:59 PM | 9:12 PM | Wed, Jun 16 | On the horizon |
| Alexandria · Egypt | Part of it | 4:14 AM | 5:43 AM | 6:05 AM moonset | Thu, Jun 17 | 3° up |
| Ankara · Türkiye | Part of it | 04:14 | 05:29 | 05:29 moonset | Thu, Jun 17 | On the horizon |
| Berlin · Germany | Part of it | 03:14 | 04:43 | 04:59 moonset | Thu, Jun 17 | On the horizon |
| Jeddah · Saudi Arabia | Part of it | 4:14 AM | 5:43 AM | 5:47 AM moonset | Thu, Jun 17 | On the horizon |
| Kyiv · Ukraine | Part of it | 04:14 | 04:59 | 04:59 moonset | Thu, Jun 17 | On the horizon |
| Addis Ababa · Ethiopia | Part of it | 4:14 AM | 5:43 AM | 6:12 AM moonset | Thu, Jun 17 | 6° up |
| Nairobi · Kenya | Part of it | 04:14 | 05:43 | 06:37 moonset | Thu, Jun 17 | 11° up |
| Mogadishu · Somalia | Part of it | 4:14 AM | 5:43 AM | 5:56 AM moonset | Thu, Jun 17 | 2° up |
| Izmir · Türkiye | Part of it | 04:14 | 05:43 | 05:57 moonset | Thu, Jun 17 | 2° up |
| Giza · Egypt | Part of it | 4:14 AM | 5:43 AM | 6:02 AM moonset | Thu, Jun 17 | 3° 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 June 17, 2038?
The Moon is inside the Earth’s faint outer shadow from 01:14 UTC to 04:12 UTC, and deepest in it at 02:43 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.