December 31, 2028 Total Lunar Eclipse in Mex VD (1031), Switzerland

Dec 31, 2028 at 5:52 pm

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Global Event:	Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type:	Total Lunar Eclipse, in Mex VD
Begins:	Sun, Dec 31, 2028 at 4:46 pm
Maximum:	Sun, Dec 31, 2028 at 5:52 pm 1.246 Magnitude
Ends:	Sun, Dec 31, 2028 at 8:40 pm
Duration:	3 hours, 53 minutes
All times shown on this page are local time.

December 31, 2028 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Mex VD

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Sun, Dec 31, 2028 at 2:58 pm CET

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below.

Time	Phase	Event	Direction	Altitude
3:03 pm Sun, Dec 31	Not directly visible	Penumbral Eclipse begins Below horizon	35°	-12.7°
4:07 pm Sun, Dec 31	Not directly visible	Partial Eclipse begins Below horizon	47°	-5.8°
4:46 pm Sun, Dec 31	Rising	Moonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends.	54°	-0.2°
5:16 pm Sun, Dec 31		Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast.	59°	3.5°
5:52 pm Sun, Dec 31		Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast.	65°	8.6°
6:27 pm Sun, Dec 31		Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.	71°	14.0°
7:36 pm Sun, Dec 31		Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.	82°	25.0°
8:40 pm Sun, Dec 31		Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.	93°	35.5°

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

In the past, this day was cloudy 82% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

Eclipse Visibility From Mex VD		Visibility Worldwide
	Sep 7, 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Aug 12, 2026 Partial Solar Eclipse	Total Solar Eclipse
	Aug 28, 2026 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Feb 20–21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Aug 2, 2027 Partial Solar Eclipse	Total Solar Eclipse
Note: Click on the date link for details in Mex VD, or the path map image for global details.