A red New Year’s Eve
The full moon glides straight through Earth’s shadow early on New Year’s Eve. For 71 minutes it sits entirely inside the umbra, lit only by sunlight bent through Earth’s atmosphere, the same light that colours sunsets.
All lunar eclipses
When the Moon bites the Sun
No total solar eclipse reaches Stockholm before 2050. Here is every time the Moon covers part of the Sun from here. The largest comes on 11 June 2048, when 89% of the Sun is covered.
Never look straight at the Sun, not even when it is partly covered. Use certified eclipse glasses or project the image through a pinhole.
Five degrees off
The Moon’s orbit is tilted about five degrees to Earth’s. So the full moon usually passes above or below Earth’s shadow, and the new moon above or below the Sun.
Only when a new or full moon falls near one of the two points where the orbits cross, the nodes, is there an eclipse. That happens about twice a year, in so-called eclipse seasons.
Short answers
The basics in a few lines. Times are for Stockholm on Saturday 31 October 2026.
- When is the next lunar eclipse?
- The next lunar eclipse visible from Stockholm is a penumbral lunar eclipse on Sunday 21 February 2027. It peaks at 00:12 with the Moon 40° above the horizon.
- When is the next total lunar eclipse?
- The next total lunar eclipse visible from Stockholm is on Sunday 31 December 2028, peaking at 17:52. The Moon turns a coppery red.
- When is the next solar eclipse?
- The next solar eclipse visible from Stockholm is on Monday 2 August 2027. At 11:19 the Moon covers 13% of the Sun. Only look through certified eclipse glasses.