The following links give detailed descriptions of all eclipses of the Sun and Moon from 2000 through 2008. The original reports were published in the annual Observer's Handbook of Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.The Javascript Lunar Eclipse Explorer lets you calculate the visibility of lunar eclipses from any city for hundreds of years in the past and future. The next total eclipse of the Moon will occur on the night of 2008 Feb 20/21. The event will be visible from North and South America as well the Europe and Africa. For maps, diagrams, tables and information about this event, please see:
Lunar Eclipses: 2006 - 2015
The table below lists every lunar eclipse from 2006 through 2015. Click on the eclipse Date to see a map and diagram of an eclipse. Durations are given for both partial and total (in bold) phases. Click on the Region of Eclipse Visibility to see a detailed description of an eclipse.
Lunar Eclipses: 2006 - 2015
Date Eclipse
Type Umbral
Magnitude Partial/Total
Duration Geographic Region of
Eclipse Visibility
2006 Mar 14 Penumbral -0.060 - Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia
2006 Sep 07 Partial 0.184 01h31m Europe, Africa, Asia, Aus.
2007 Mar 03 Total 1.233 03h41m
01h13m Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia
2007 Aug 28 Total 1.476 03h32m
01h30m e Asia, Aus., Pacific, Americas
2008 Feb 21 Total 1.106 03h25m
00h50m c Pacific, Americas, Europe, Africa
2008 Aug 16 Partial 0.808 03h08m S. America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Aus.
2009 Feb 09 Penumbral -0.088 - e Europe, Asia, Aus., Pacific, w N.A.
2009 Jul 07 Penumbral -0.913 - Aus., Pacific, Americas
2009 Aug 06 Penumbral -0.666 - Americas, Europe, Africa, w Asia
2009 Dec 31 Partial 0.076 01h00m Europe, Africa, Asia, Aus.
2010 Jun 26 Partial 0.537 02h43m e Asia, Aus., Pacific, w Americas
2010 Dec 21 Total 1.256 03h29m
01h12m e Asia, Aus., Pacific, Americas, Europe
2011 Jun 15 Total 1.700 03h40m
01h40m S.America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Aus.
2011 Dec 10 Total 1.106 03h32m
00h51m Europe, e Africa, Asia, Aus., Pacific, N.A.
2012 Jun 04 Partial 0.370 02h07m Asia, Aus., Pacific, Americas
2012 Nov 28 Penumbral -0.187 - Europe, e Africa, Asia, Aus., Pacific, N.A.
2013 Apr 25 Partial 0.015 00h27m Europe, Africa, Asia, Aus.
2013 May 25 Penumbral -0.934 - Americas, Africa
2013 Oct 18 Penumbral -0.272 - Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia
2014 Apr 15 Total 1.291 03h35m
01h18m Aus., Pacific, Americas
2014 Oct 08 Total 1.166 03h20m
00h59m Asia, Aus., Pacific, Americas
2015 Apr 04 Total 1.001 03h29m
00h05m Asia, Aus., Pacific, Americas
2015 Sep 28 Total 1.276 03h20m
01h12m e Pacific, Americas, Europe, Africa, w Asia
Geographic abbreviations (used above): n = north, s = south, e = east, w = west, c = central
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Ten Year Tables of Lunar Eclipses
Each 10-year table includes links to eclipse diagrams and visibility maps.
Ten Year Tables of Lunar Eclipses
Decades
1901-1910 1911-1920 1921-1930 1931-1940 1941-1950
1951-1960 1961-1970 1971-1980 1981-1990 1991-2000
2001-2010 2011-2020 2021-2030 2031-2040 2041-2050
2051-2060 2061-2070 2071-2080 2081-2090 2091-2100