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April 14–15, 2014 Total Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon)

A total lunar eclipse will occur on April 15, 2014. It will be visible from North America, South America and Australia. Parts of Asia, Africa and Europe will see a partial eclipse.

The penumbral phase of the eclipse will begin at 4:55 AM (04:55) UTC on April 15 and the eclipse will end at 10:36 AM (10:36) UTC on April 15.

This eclipse is the first in a series of four consecutive total lunar eclipses, also known as a tetrad. Read more

The term, Blood Moon, has recently become popular while referring to the April 15 total lunar eclipse. This term has no technical or astronomical basis and it is unclear where such a description comes from. Read more

Was this Total Lunar Eclipse visible in Washington DC?

What This Lunar Eclipse Looked Like

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Where the Eclipse Was Seen

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Regions seeing, at least, some parts of the eclipse: West in Europe, Much of Asia, Australia, Much of Africa, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica.

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Was this eclipse visible in Washington DC?

Eclipse Map and Animation

The animation shows where this total lunar eclipse is visible during the night (dark “wave” slowly moving across the Earth's surface).

Shades of darkness

Night, moon high up in sky.

Moon between 12 and 18 degrees above horizon.

Moon between 6 and 12 degrees above horizon. Make sure you have free line of sight.

Moon between 0 and 6 degrees above horizon. May be hard to see due to brightness and line of sight.

Day, moon and eclipse both not visible.

Note: Twilight will affect the visibility of the eclipse, as well as weather.

Entire eclipse was visible from start to end

Entire partial and total phases were visible. Missed part of penumbral phase.

Entire total phase was visible. Missed part of partial & penumbral phases.

Some of the total phase was visible. Missed part of total, partial & penumbral phases.

Some of the partial phase was visible. Missed total phase and part of partial & penumbral phases.

Some of the penumbral phase was visible. Missed total & partial phases.

Eclipse was not visible at all.

Note: Areas with lighter shadings left (West) of the center will experience the eclipse after moonrise/sunset. Areas with lighter shadings right (East) of the center will experience the eclipse until moonset/sunrise. Actual eclipse visibility depends on weather conditions and line of sight to the Moon.

When the Eclipse Happened Worldwide — Timeline

Lunar eclipses can be visible from everywhere on the night side of the Earth, if the sky is clear. From some places the entire eclipse will be visible, while in other areas the Moon will rise or set during the eclipse.

EventUTC TimeTime in Washington DC*Visible in Washington DC
Penumbral Eclipse beganApr 15 at 04:53:38Apr 15 at 12:53:38 amYes
Partial Eclipse beganApr 15 at 05:58:22Apr 15 at 1:58:22 amYes
Full Eclipse beganApr 15 at 07:06:49Apr 15 at 3:06:49 amYes
Maximum EclipseApr 15 at 07:45:40Apr 15 at 3:45:40 amYes
Full Eclipse endedApr 15 at 08:24:34Apr 15 at 4:24:34 amYes
Partial Eclipse endedApr 15 at 09:33:03Apr 15 at 5:33:03 amYes
Penumbral Eclipse endedApr 15 at 10:37:37Apr 15 at 6:37:37 amMaybe, touching horizon

* The Moon was above the horizon during this eclipse, so with good weather conditions in Washington DC, the entire eclipse was visible.

Eclipse calculations usually accurate to a few seconds.

Quick Facts About This Eclipse

DataValueComments
Magnitude1.290Fraction of the Moon’s diameter covered by Earth’s umbra
Obscuration100.0%Percentage of the Moon's area covered by Earth's umbra
Penumbral magnitude2.318Fraction of the Moon's diameter covered by Earth's penumbra
Overall duration5 hours, 44 minutesPeriod between the beginning and end of all eclipse phases
Duration of totality1 hour, 18 minutesPeriod between the beginning and end of the total phase
Duration of partial phases2 hours, 17 minutesCombined period of both partial phases
Duration of penumbral phases2 hours, 9 minutesCombined period of both penumbral phases

Countries Where the Eclipse Is Visible

CountryTypeStartEndTotality Duration
American Samoa
Total Lunar Eclipse
5:57 pm SST11:35 pm SST1h, 14m
Anguilla
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AST6:02 am AST1h, 14m
Antarctica
Total Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am 11:35 am 1h, 14m
Antigua and Barbuda
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AST5:59 am AST1h, 14m
Argentina
Total Lunar Eclipse
1:55 am ART7:35 am ART1h, 14m
Aruba
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AST6:35 am AST1h, 14m
Australia
Total Lunar Eclipse
5:25 pm 8:05 pm ACST1h, 14m
Barbados
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AST5:51 am AST1h, 14m
Belize
Total Lunar Eclipse
10:55 pm CST4:35 am CST1h, 14m
Bermuda
Total Lunar Eclipse
1:55 am ADT6:55 am ADT1h, 14m
Bolivia
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am BOT6:35 am BOT1h, 14m
Brazil
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AMT5:35 am ACT1h, 14m
British Virgin Islands
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AST6:08 am AST1h, 14m
Cabo Verde
Total Lunar Eclipse
3:55 am CVT6:27 am CVT19m
Canada
Total Lunar Eclipse
11:55 pm CDT4:35 am MDT1h, 14m
Caribbean Netherlands
Total Lunar Eclipse
6:55 am CEST12:28 pm CEST1h, 14m
Cayman Islands
Total Lunar Eclipse
11:55 pm EST5:35 am EST1h, 14m
Chile
Total Lunar Eclipse
1:55 am CLST7:35 am CLST1h, 14m
Colombia
Total Lunar Eclipse
11:55 pm COT5:35 am COT1h, 14m
Cook Islands
Total Lunar Eclipse
6:55 pm CKT12:35 am CKT1h, 14m
Costa Rica
Total Lunar Eclipse
10:55 pm CST4:35 am CST1h, 14m
Cuba
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am CDT6:35 am CDT1h, 14m
Curaçao
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AST6:31 am AST1h, 14m
Dominica
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AST5:57 am AST1h, 14m
Dominican Republic
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AST6:35 am AST1h, 14m
Ecuador
Total Lunar Eclipse
11:55 pm ECT5:35 am ECT1h, 14m
El Salvador
Total Lunar Eclipse
10:55 pm CST4:35 am CST1h, 14m
Falkland Islands
Total Lunar Eclipse
1:55 am FKST7:35 am FKST1h, 14m
Fiji
Total Lunar Eclipse
5:35 pm FJT11:35 pm TOT1h, 14m
French Guiana
Total Lunar Eclipse
1:55 am GFT6:39 am GFT1h, 14m
French Polynesia
Total Lunar Eclipse
6:55 pm TAHT12:35 am TAHT1h, 14m
Greenland
Total Lunar Eclipse
2:55 am WGST6:00 am WGST52m
Grenada
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AST6:01 am AST1h, 14m
Guadeloupe
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AST5:57 am AST1h, 14m
Guatemala
Total Lunar Eclipse
10:55 pm CST4:35 am CST1h, 14m
Guyana
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am GYT5:34 am VET1h, 14m
Haiti
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am EDT6:35 am EDT1h, 14m
Honduras
Total Lunar Eclipse
10:55 pm CST4:35 am CST1h, 14m
Jamaica
Total Lunar Eclipse
11:55 pm EST5:35 am EST1h, 14m
Japan
Total Lunar Eclipse
5:03 pm JST7:35 pm JST19m
Kiribati
Total Lunar Eclipse
6:55 pm LINT12:35 am LINT1h, 14m
Marshall Islands
Total Lunar Eclipse
6:34 pm 10:35 pm 1h, 14m
Martinique
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AST5:56 am AST1h, 14m
Mexico
Total Lunar Eclipse
11:55 pm CDT5:35 am CDT1h, 14m
Micronesia
Total Lunar Eclipse
6:11 pm KOST9:35 pm PONT1h, 11m
Montserrat
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AST5:59 am AST1h, 14m
Nauru
Total Lunar Eclipse
6:50 pm NRT10:35 pm NRT1h, 14m
New Caledonia
Total Lunar Eclipse
5:29 pm NCT9:35 pm NCT1h, 14m
New Zealand
Total Lunar Eclipse
5:46 pm CHAST10:35 pm NZST1h, 14m
Nicaragua
Total Lunar Eclipse
10:55 pm CST4:35 am CST1h, 14m
Niue
Total Lunar Eclipse
6:00 pm NUT11:35 pm NUT1h, 14m
Norfolk Island
Total Lunar Eclipse
5:53 pm NFT10:05 pm NFT1h, 14m
Panama
Total Lunar Eclipse
11:55 pm EST5:35 am EST1h, 14m
Papua New Guinea
Total Lunar Eclipse
5:31 pm PGT8:35 pm PGT51m
Paraguay
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am PYT6:32 am PYT1h, 14m
Peru
Total Lunar Eclipse
11:55 pm PET5:35 am PET1h, 14m
Pitcairn Islands
Total Lunar Eclipse
8:55 pm PST2:35 am PST1h, 14m
Portugal
Total Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am WEST7:29 am AZOST21m
Puerto Rico
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AST6:21 am AST1h, 14m
Russia
Total Lunar Eclipse
6:46 pm ANAT9:35 pm VLAT1h, 14m
Saint Helena
Total Lunar Eclipse
4:55 am GMT7:17 am GMT9m
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AST6:01 am AST1h, 14m
Saint Lucia
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AST5:56 am AST1h, 14m
Saint Martin
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AST6:01 am AST1h, 14m
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Total Lunar Eclipse
2:55 am PMDT7:02 am PMDT1h, 14m
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AST5:59 am AST1h, 14m
Samoa
Total Lunar Eclipse
6:11 pm WST11:35 pm WST1h, 14m
Sint Maarten
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AST6:01 am AST1h, 14m
Solomon Islands
Total Lunar Eclipse
5:34 pm SBT9:35 pm SBT1h, 14m
South Georgia/Sandwich Is.
Total Lunar Eclipse
2:55 am GST7:48 am GST1h, 14m
St. Barts
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AST6:00 am AST1h, 14m
Suriname
Total Lunar Eclipse
1:55 am SRT5:52 am GYT1h, 14m
The Bahamas
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am EDT6:35 am EDT1h, 14m
Tokelau
Total Lunar Eclipse
6:13 pm TKT11:35 pm TKT1h, 14m
Tonga
Total Lunar Eclipse
6:18 pm TOT11:35 pm TOT1h, 14m
Trinidad and Tobago
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AST6:03 am AST1h, 14m
Turks and Caicos Islands
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am EDT6:35 am EDT1h, 14m
Tuvalu
Total Lunar Eclipse
5:50 pm TVT10:35 pm TVT1h, 14m
US Minor Outlying Islands
Total Lunar Eclipse
5:55 pm 6:35 am EDT1h, 14m
US Virgin Islands
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:55 am AST6:09 am AST1h, 14m
United States
Total Lunar Eclipse
10:55 pm MDT4:35 am MDT1h, 14m
Uruguay
Total Lunar Eclipse
1:55 am UYT7:26 am UYT1h, 14m
Vanuatu
Total Lunar Eclipse
5:23 pm VUT9:35 pm VUT1h, 14m
Venezuela
Total Lunar Eclipse
12:25 am VET6:05 am VET1h, 14m
Wallis and Futuna
Total Lunar Eclipse
5:31 pm WFT10:35 pm WFT1h, 14m
Algeria
Partial Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am CET7:09 am CET---
Andorra
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:55 am CEST7:11 am CEST---
Angola
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am WAT6:18 am WAT---
Benin
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am WAT6:44 am WAT---
Brunei
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:27 pm MYT6:35 pm BNT---
Burkina Faso
Partial Lunar Eclipse
4:55 am GMT6:10 am GMT---
Cameroon
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am WAT6:16 am WAT---
China
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:52 pm CST6:35 pm CST---
Congo
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am WAT6:11 am WAT---
Congo Democratic Republic
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am WAT6:08 am WAT---
Cote d'Ivoire
Partial Lunar Eclipse
4:55 am GMT6:25 am GMT---
East Timor
Partial Lunar Eclipse
6:28 pm TLT7:35 pm TLT---
Equatorial Guinea
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am WAT6:32 am WAT---
Faroe Islands
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am WEST6:08 am WEST---
France
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:55 am CEST7:29 am CEST---
Gabon
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am WAT6:19 am WAT---
Gambia
Partial Lunar Eclipse
4:55 am GMT6:54 am GMT---
Ghana
Partial Lunar Eclipse
4:55 am GMT6:04 am GMT---
Gibraltar
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:55 am CEST7:47 am CEST---
Guam
Partial Lunar Eclipse
6:32 pm ChST8:35 pm ChST---
Guernsey
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am BST6:18 am BST---
Guinea
Partial Lunar Eclipse
4:55 am GMT6:49 am GMT---
Guinea-Bissau
Partial Lunar Eclipse
4:55 am GMT6:55 am GMT---
Iceland
Partial Lunar Eclipse
4:55 am GMT6:04 am GMT---
Indonesia
Partial Lunar Eclipse
5:31 pm WIT7:35 pm WIT---
Ireland
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am IST6:45 am IST---
Isle of Man
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am BST6:18 am BST---
Jersey
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am BST6:16 am BST---
Liberia
Partial Lunar Eclipse
4:55 am GMT6:37 am GMT---
Libya
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am CET5:56 am CET---
Malaysia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:12 pm MYT6:35 pm MYT---
Mali
Partial Lunar Eclipse
4:55 am GMT6:34 am GMT---
Mauritania
Partial Lunar Eclipse
4:55 am GMT6:51 am GMT---
Morocco
Partial Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am WEST6:49 am GMT---
Namibia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am WAT6:19 am WAT---
Niger
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am WAT6:43 am WAT---
Nigeria
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am WAT6:39 am WAT---
North Korea
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
9:00 pm VLAT7:35 pm KST---
Northern Mariana Islands
Partial Lunar Eclipse
6:30 pm ChST8:35 pm ChST---
Palau
Partial Lunar Eclipse
6:10 pm 7:35 pm ---
Philippines
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:43 pm 6:35 pm ---
Sao Tome and Principe
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
4:55 am GMT5:28 am GMT---
Senegal
Partial Lunar Eclipse
4:55 am GMT6:56 am GMT---
Sierra Leone
Partial Lunar Eclipse
4:55 am GMT6:43 am GMT---
South Africa
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:55 am SAST7:08 am SAST---
South Korea
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:53 pm KST7:35 pm KST---
Spain
Partial Lunar Eclipse
6:55 am CEST7:48 am WEST---
Taiwan
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
6:16 pm CST6:35 pm CST---
Togo
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
4:55 am GMT5:47 am GMT---
Tunisia
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am CET5:56 am CET---
United Kingdom
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am BST6:46 am BST---
Western Sahara
Partial Lunar Eclipse
5:55 am WEST6:49 am GMT---

All times shown in this table are local time. (Note: more than one time zone is listed.) "Totality duration" gives the time between the start and finish of totality within the entire country (not at one location).

How Many People Can See This Eclipse?

Number of People Seeing...Number of People*Fraction of World Population
At least some of the penumbral phase2,300,000,00031.40%
At least some of the partial phase1,180,000,00016.18%
At least some of the total phase972,000,00013.25%
All of the total phase944,000,00012.88%
All of the total and partial phases796,000,00010.86%
The entire eclipse from beginning to end600,000,0008.18%

* The number of people refers to the resident population (as a round number) in areas where the eclipse is visible. timeanddate has calculated these numbers using raw population data provided by the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University. The raw data is based on population estimates from the year 2000 to 2020.

An Eclipse Never Comes Alone!

A solar eclipse always occurs about two weeks before or after a lunar eclipse.

Usually, there are two eclipses in a row, but other times, there are three during the same eclipse season.

All eclipses 1900 — 2199

This is the first eclipse this season.

Second eclipse this season: April 29, 2014 — Annular Solar Eclipse