Apr 15, 2014 Total Lunar Eclipse
What this lunar eclipse looks like
The animation shows approximately what the eclipse looks like from the night side of earth.
BETA: This is a temporary animation, it would look different in real life. We hope to fix that issue soon.
Stages in eclipse
- Penumbral Eclipse just started
- Penumbral Eclipse in good progress
- Partial Eclipse starts
- Total Eclipse starts
- Maximum Eclipse
- Total Eclipse ends
- Full Eclipse ends
- Penumbral Eclipse continues
- Penumbral Eclipse about to end
Click the 'play' button to view the animation. The pause button can also be used to temporarily suspend the animation.
The animation shows where this penumbral solar eclipse is visible during the night (dark “wave” slowly moving across the Earth's surface).
The night (dark) areas in the animation are approximately those that can see the moon, and therefore also the eclipse.
Legend
Intense red shading: Observers within this area can see the eclipse from beginning to end.
Red shading left/west of intense shading: Observers within this area can see the eclipse until moonset/sunrise.
Red shading right/east of intense shading: Observers within this area can see the eclipse after moonrise/sunset.
No coloring: Eclipse is not visible at all
Note: Actual eclipse visibility depends on weather conditions
Where to see the eclipse
Continents seeing at least some parts of the eclipse:
- West in Asia
- East in North America
- Parts of South America
Total eclipse visible in...
Locations near the shadow's path:
- Tarawa, Kiribati
- Christchurch, New Zealand
- Majuro, Marshall Islands
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Anadyr, Russia
- Palikir, Ponape, Micronesia
- Suva, Fiji
- Unalaska, Alaska, U.S.A.
- Honiara, Solomon Islands
- Midway, Midway Islands, U.S.A.
- Port Vila, Vanuatu
- Wake Island, Wake Island, U.S.A.
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Yaren, Nauru
- Noumea, New Caledonia, France
- Funafuti, Tuvalu
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Partial eclipse visible in...
- Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
- Guam (Hagåtña), Guam
- Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia
- Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
- Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia
- Eucla, Western Australia, Australia
- Koror, Palau
- Manokwari, West Papua, Indonesia
- Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
- Melekeok, Palau
- Sendai, Japan
- Magadan, Russia
- Kawasaki, Japan
- Yokohama, Japan
- Tokyo, Japan
- Utsunomiya, Japan
- Sagamihara, Japan
- Sapporo, Japan
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
- Shizuoka, Japan
When the eclipse happens worldwide
Lunar eclipses look approximately the same all over the world and happen at the same time.The times displayed might be a minute or two off actual times.
| Event | UTC Time | Time in Palo Alto* | Visible in Palo Alto |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penumbral Eclipse begins | Apr 15 at 4:55 AM | Apr 14 at 9:55 PM | Yes |
| Partial Eclipse begins | Apr 15 at 5:59 AM | Apr 14 at 10:59 PM | Yes |
| Full Eclipse begins | Apr 15 at 7:08 AM | Apr 15 at 12:08 AM | Yes |
| Maximum Eclipse | Apr 15 at 7:46 AM | Apr 15 at 12:46 AM | Yes |
| Full Eclipse ends | Apr 15 at 8:23 AM | Apr 15 at 1:23 AM | Yes |
| Partial Eclipse ends | Apr 15 at 9:32 AM | Apr 15 at 2:32 AM | Yes |
| Penumbral Eclipse ends | Apr 15 at 10:36 AM | Apr 15 at 3:36 AM | Yes |
* The Moon is over the horizon during this eclipse, so with good weather conditions in Palo Alto, the entire eclipse is visible.
Eclipses during year 2014
- Apr 15, 2014 Total Lunar Eclipse (Currently shown)
- Apr 29, 2014 Annular Solar Eclipse
- Oct 8, 2014 Total Lunar Eclipse
- Oct 23, 2014 Partial Solar Eclipse