The Moon will move through Earth’s shadow on Sunday, but it won’t be visible from Raleigh or anywhere else in North America.
It’s not Sunday’s cloudy conditions that will be blocking the show, but the Earth itself.
Visibility is limited to Asia, and their tonight is actually our today. The Moon will be under the horizon for us during the show.
The partial eclipse begins shortly before 12:30 p.m., when the moon is 60 degrees below the horizon here in Raleigh (90 degrees is straight down under your feet). The Moon will be completely in the Earth’s shadow an hour later, and the show will be over. The partial eclispe ends shortly before 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, well before moonrise at 7:37 p.m.
Similarly, the partical solar eclipse later this month will be visible only from the South Pacific.
Next lunar eclispe
The next lunar eclipse arrives before dawn on March 3, 2026. This total eclipse will be visible from Raleigh beginning just before 5 a.m. Totality beginnings around 6 a.m. and will be visible until moonset with the last half of the eclipse continuing below the horizon.
Next solar eclipse
The next solar eclipse technically visible from our area will be on Aug. 12, 2026. Only the northeastern counties will be able to see any of the Sun blocking the Moon, and only a few percentage points.
We’ll see a bit bigger of a chunk bitten out of the Sun on Jan. 28, 2028, and even more on Jan. 14, 2029.
A total solar eclipse passes right through Raleigh the afternoon of May 11, 2078.
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