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December 31, 2028 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Ukara Island, Mara Region, Tanzania

Dec 31, 2028 at 7:52 pm
Max View in Ukara Island
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Ukara Island
Begins: Sun, Dec 31, 2028 at 6:52 pm
Maximum: Sun, Dec 31, 2028 at 7:52 pm 1.246 Magnitude
Ends: Sun, Dec 31, 2028 at 10:40 pm
Duration: 3 hours, 47 minutes

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December 31, 2028 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Ukara Island

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:03 pm Sun, Dec 31Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 64°
-24.7°
6:07 pm Sun, Dec 31Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 66°
-10.8°
6:52 pm Sun, Dec 31RisingMoonrise 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.Map direction East-northeast 66°
-0.2°
7:16 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.
Map direction East-northeast 66°
4.5°
7:52 pm Sun, Dec 31
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-northeast 65°
12.3°
8:27 pm Sun, Dec 31
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 64°
20.1°
9:36 pm Sun, Dec 31
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 59°
34.8°
10:40 pm Sun, Dec 31
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Northeast 51°
47.6°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Ukara Island

Eclipse Visibility From Ukara IslandVisibility Worldwide
Sep 7, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 2, 2027 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 12, 2028 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Ukara Island, or the path map image for global details.

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