Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
On the Sunday evening/Monday morning May 15/16, the Moon will pass into Earth's shadow, creating a night-long total lunar eclipse! This event takes many hours to unfold, but the partial/umbral phase starts at 02:27 UTC, totality runs from 03:29 to 04:54 UTC, and the partial phase ends at 05:55 (use timeanddate.com to get your local times).
This NASA video shows when and where the different parts are visible. The parts of Earth clearly seen are where you can see the current phase of the eclipse. So, for example, when totality begins (0:30 in the video) it's visible in all of South America, nearly all of the US, Canada, and Africa, and parts of western Europe. The time and appearance of the Moon are shown at the bottom.
Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
Original video: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4981
On the Sunday evening/Monday morning May 15/16, the Moon will pass into Earth's shadow, creating a night-long total lunar eclipse! This event takes many hours to unfold, but the partial/umbral phase starts at 02:27 UTC, totality runs from 03:29 to 04:54 UTC, and the partial phase ends at 05:55 (use timeanddate.com to get your local times).
This NASA video shows when and where the different parts are visible. The parts of Earth clearly seen are where you can see the current phase of the eclipse. So, for example, when totality begins (0:30 in the video) it's visible in all of South America, nearly all of the US, Canada, and Africa, and parts of western Europe. The time and appearance of the Moon are shown at the bottom.
Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
Original video: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4981
