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Sapporo 🇯🇵 — total lunar eclipse

On 31 Dec 2028, Sapporo sees totality — the blood moon — with the Moon up for the whole eclipse, with maximum at 01:51 GMT+9, the Moon 56° above the horizon. No eye protection is needed.

Local timeline

Sapporo
Penumbra begins (P1)
23:03 GMT+9
faint shading
Partial begins (U1)
00:07 GMT+9
umbra touches the Moon
Totality begins (U2)
01:15 GMT+9
blood moon
Maximum eclipse
01:51 GMT+9
1h 12m of totality
Totality ends (U3)
02:28 GMT+9
Partial ends (U4)
03:36 GMT+9
Moon leaves the umbra
Penumbra ends (P4)
04:40 GMT+9
eclipse over
Moon altitude at max
56°
azimuth 245°
Moonrise / moonset
15:36 / 07:22
bracketing the eclipse
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Computed byOrbital Radar eclipse engine · Sapporo (43.06, 141.35) · cross-checked against NASA eclipse data