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Vienna 🇦🇹 — total lunar eclipse

On 31 Dec 2028, Vienna sees totality — the blood moon — with the Moon up for the whole eclipse, with maximum at 17:51 CET, the Moon 15° above the horizon. No eye protection is needed.

Local timeline

Vienna
Penumbra begins (P1)
15:03 CET
faint shading
Partial begins (U1)
16:07 CET
umbra touches the Moon
Totality begins (U2)
17:15 CET
blood moon
Maximum eclipse
17:51 CET
1h 12m of totality
Totality ends (U3)
18:28 CET
Partial ends (U4)
19:36 CET
Moon leaves the umbra
Penumbra ends (P4)
20:40 CET
eclipse over
Moon altitude at max
15°
azimuth 73°
Moonrise / moonset
15:58 / 08:15
bracketing the eclipse
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Computed byOrbital Radar eclipse engine · Vienna (48.21, 16.37) · cross-checked against NASA eclipse data