Where is the penumbral lunar eclipse of May 7, 2031 visible?
From start to end over South America, North America, Africa, Greenland and Antarctica; in part over Europe and New Zealand.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse of May 7, 2031
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 South America, North America, Africa, Greenland and Antarctica; in part over Europe 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
- Wednesday, May 7, 2031
- Penumbral eclipse begins
- 01:51
- Deepest
- 03:50
- Penumbral eclipse ends
- 05:49
- Magnitude
- 0.89 of the Moon’s width in the outer shadow
- Moon overhead
- South America 17.9° S, 58.8° 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
483 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 | 10:51 PM | 12:50 AM | 2:49 AM | Wed, May 7 | 73° up |
| Mexico City · Mexico | All of it | 7:51 PM | 9:50 PM | 11:49 PM | Tue, May 6 | 35° up |
| São Paulo · Brazil | All of it | 22:51 | 00:50 | 02:49 | Wed, May 7 | 77° up |
| New York · NY | All of it | 9:51 PM | 11:50 PM | 1:49 AM | Tue, May 6 | 29° up |
| Lima · Peru | All of it | 8:51 PM | 10:50 PM | 12:49 AM | Tue, May 6 | 71° up |
| Bogotá · Colombia | All of it | 8:51 PM | 10:50 PM | 12:49 AM | Tue, May 6 | 63° up |
| Rio de Janeiro · Brazil | All of it | 22:51 | 00:50 | 02:49 | Wed, May 7 | 74° up |
| Santiago · Chile | All of it | 9:51 PM | 11:50 PM | 1:49 AM | Tue, May 6 | 71° up |
| Abidjan · Côte d’Ivoire | All of it | 01:51 | 03:50 | 05:49 | Wed, May 7 | 30° up |
| Caracas · Venezuela | All of it | 9:51 PM | 11:50 PM | 1:49 AM | Tue, May 6 | 60° up |
| Chicago · IL | All of it | 8:51 PM | 10:50 PM | 12:49 AM | Tue, May 6 | 24° up |
| Salvador · Brazil | All of it | 22:51 | 00:50 | 02:49 | Wed, May 7 | 70° up |
| Toronto · Canada | All of it | 9:51 PM | 11:50 PM | 1:49 AM | Tue, May 6 | 25° up |
| Dakar · Senegal | All of it | 01:51 | 03:50 | 05:49 | Wed, May 7 | 37° up |
| Fortaleza · Brazil | All of it | 22:51 | 00:50 | 02:49 | Wed, May 7 | 65° up |
| Cali · Colombia | All of it | 8:51 PM | 10:50 PM | 12:49 AM | Tue, May 6 | 62° up |
| Belo Horizonte · Brazil | All of it | 22:51 | 00:50 | 02:49 | Wed, May 7 | 76° up |
| Istanbul · Türkiye | Part of it | 04:51 | 05:52 | 05:52 moonset | Wed, May 7 | On the horizon |
| Lagos · Nigeria | Part of it | 02:51 | 04:50 | 06:37 moonset | Wed, May 7 | 23° up |
| Kinshasa · Congo - Kinshasa | Part of it | 02:51 | 04:50 | 06:02 moonset | Wed, May 7 | 16° up |
| Cairo · Egypt | Part of it | 4:51 AM | 6:05 AM | 6:05 AM moonset | Wed, May 7 | On the horizon |
| London · United Kingdom | Part of it | 02:51 | 04:50 | 05:20 moonset | Wed, May 7 | 3° up |
| Los Angeles · CA | Part of it | 7:36 PM moonrise | 8:50 PM | 10:49 PM | Tue, May 6 | 12° up |
| Alexandria · Egypt | Part of it | 4:51 AM | 6:09 AM | 6:09 AM moonset | Wed, May 7 | On the horizon |
| Kano · Nigeria | Part of it | 02:51 | 04:50 | 06:08 moonset | Wed, May 7 | 16° up |
| Ibadan · Nigeria | Part of it | 02:51 | 04:50 | 06:33 moonset | Wed, May 7 | 22° up |
| Ankara · Türkiye | Part of it | 04:51 | 05:38 | 05:38 moonset | Wed, May 7 | On the horizon |
| Cape Town · South Africa | Part of it | 03:51 | 05:50 | 07:35 moonset | Wed, May 7 | 19° up |
| Berlin · Germany | Part of it | 03:51 | 05:21 | 05:21 moonset | Wed, May 7 | On the horizon |
| Madrid · Spain | Part of it | 03:51 | 05:50 | 07:08 moonset | Wed, May 7 | 12° up |
| Casablanca · Morocco | Part of it | 02:51 | 04:50 | 06:39 moonset | Wed, May 7 | 18° up |
| Durban · South Africa | Part of it | 03:51 | 05:50 | 06:35 moonset | Wed, May 7 | 8° up |
| Jeddah · Saudi Arabia | Part of it | 4:51 AM | 5:46 AM | 5:46 AM moonset | Wed, May 7 | On the horizon |
| Kyiv · Ukraine | Part of it | 04:51 | 05:18 | 05:18 moonset | Wed, May 7 | On the horizon |
| Luanda · Angola | Part of it | 02:51 | 04:50 | 06:17 moonset | Wed, May 7 | 19° up |
| Addis Ababa · Ethiopia | Part of it | 4:51 AM | 6:06 AM | 6:06 AM moonset | Wed, May 7 | On the horizon |
| Nairobi · Kenya | Part of it | 04:51 | 06:28 | 06:28 moonset | Wed, May 7 | On the horizon |
| Mogadishu · Somalia | Part of it | 4:51 AM | 5:48 AM | 5:48 AM moonset | Wed, May 7 | On the horizon |
| Izmir · Türkiye | Part of it | 04:51 | 06:05 | 06:05 moonset | Wed, May 7 | On the horizon |
| Giza · Egypt | Part of it | 4:51 AM | 6:05 AM | 6:05 AM moonset | Wed, May 7 | On the horizon |
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 May 7, 2031?
The Moon is inside the Earth’s faint outer shadow from 01:51 UTC to 05:49 UTC, and deepest in it at 03:50 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.