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Shanghai 🇨🇳 — total lunar eclipse

On 31 Dec 2028, Shanghai sees totality — the blood moon — with the Moon up for the whole eclipse, with maximum at 00:51 GMT+8, the Moon 75° above the horizon. No eye protection is needed.

Local timeline

Shanghai
Penumbra begins (P1)
22:03 GMT+8
faint shading
Partial begins (U1)
23:07 GMT+8
umbra touches the Moon
Totality begins (U2)
00:15 GMT+8
blood moon
Maximum eclipse
00:51 GMT+8
1h 12m of totality
Totality ends (U3)
01:28 GMT+8
Partial ends (U4)
02:36 GMT+8
Moon leaves the umbra
Penumbra ends (P4)
03:40 GMT+8
eclipse over
Moon altitude at max
75°
azimuth 240°
Moonrise / moonset
16:36 / 07:10
bracketing the eclipse
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Computed byOrbital Radar eclipse engine · Shanghai (31.23, 121.47) · cross-checked against NASA eclipse data