Overview
- The partial lunar eclipse will occur on Friday, 28 August and peak at about 06:12–06:13 CET when the Moon is roughly 93 percent inside Earth’s umbra.
- The Moon will not become a full 'blood moon' because it never fully enters the umbra and the sky will be brightening at dawn, which will hide any strong red tint caused by sunlight filtered through Earth’s atmosphere.
- Observers should begin watching well before the peak, with many experts advising a start around 04:30–05:30 CET, and choose a high site with a clear southwest to west horizon to avoid the low, quickly setting Moon.
- No eye protection is needed for this event and simple tools such as binoculars or a small telescope can improve contrast against the brightening sky and help photography of the low Moon with foreground features.
- The eclipse follows the 12 August solar eclipse that produced recorded totality footage from Mallorca, and the next total lunar eclipse visible from Germany will arrive on 31 December 2028 while the next total solar eclipse over Germany is not until 2081.