Solar & Lunar Eclipses Visible from Ho Chi Minh City
Every eclipse in the 2024–2040 catalog that reaches Ho Chi Minh City (10.8231°, 106.6297°), with contact times on the Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh clock.
Checking the catalog against today's date…
Open the calculator at Ho Chi Minh City's coordinates16 of the 32 in the catalog are above the horizon here, 8 of them total. Times are Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh, converted per eclipse.
Ho Chi Minh City's best-placed eclipse in the window is the total lunar eclipse of December 31, 2028, greatest at 11:52 PM GMT+7. The moon is fully inside Earth's shadow for 1h 14m, and the whole eclipse happens with the moon up — 78° above the horizon at greatest eclipse.
| Date | From Ho Chi Minh City | Local times | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, September 8, 2025 Total lunar eclipse | Total The whole eclipse is above Ho Chi Minh City's horizon, from first contact to last. | 1:11 AM GMT+7 greatest eclipse Totality 12:30 AM – 1:52 AM | 64° up at greatest 1h 22m total |
| Tuesday, March 3, 2026 Total lunar eclipse | Total The eclipse begins below the horizon — the moon rises over Ho Chi Minh City at about 6:00 PM, already in the partial phase. Everything before that happens while the moon is down. | 6:33 PM GMT+7 greatest eclipse Totality 6:01 PM – 7:05 PM | 8° up at greatest 1h 4m total |
| Sunday, February 21, 2027 Penumbral lunar eclipse | Penumbral The eclipse is still under way at moonset — the moon sets at about 6:15 AM, during the penumbral shading. The rest of it happens below Ho Chi Minh City's horizon. | 6:13 AM GMT+7 greatest eclipse | 1° up at greatest |
| Friday, July 7, 2028 Partial lunar eclipse | Partial The whole eclipse is above Ho Chi Minh City's horizon, from first contact to last. | 1:20 AM GMT+7 greatest eclipse Umbral 12:12 AM – 2:28 AM | 51° up at greatest |
| Sunday, December 31, 2028 Total lunar eclipse | Total The whole eclipse is above Ho Chi Minh City's horizon, from first contact to last. | 11:52 PM GMT+7 greatest eclipse Totality 11:15 PM – 12:29 AM | 78° up at greatest 1h 14m total |
| Friday, December 21, 2029 Total lunar eclipse | Total The eclipse is still under way at moonset — the moon sets at about 6:10 AM, during the partial phase. The rest of it happens below Ho Chi Minh City's horizon. | 5:41 AM GMT+7 greatest eclipse Totality 5:12 AM – 6:10 AM | 7° up at greatest 58m total |
| Sunday, June 16, 2030 Partial lunar eclipse | Partial The whole eclipse is above Ho Chi Minh City's horizon, from first contact to last. | 1:33 AM GMT+7 greatest eclipse Umbral 12:23 AM – 2:43 AM | 48° up at greatest |
| Tuesday, December 10, 2030 Total lunar eclipse | Total The eclipse is still under way at moonset — the moon sets at about 6:04 AM, during the partial phase. The rest of it happens below Ho Chi Minh City's horizon. | 5:27 AM GMT+7 greatest eclipse Totality 5:10 AM – 5:44 AM | 9° up at greatest 34m total |
| Sunday, April 25, 2032 Total lunar eclipse | Total The whole eclipse is above Ho Chi Minh City's horizon, from first contact to last. | 10:13 PM GMT+7 greatest eclipse Totality 9:38 PM – 10:48 PM | 56° up at greatest 1h 10m total |
| Tuesday, October 19, 2032 Total lunar eclipse | Total The whole eclipse is above Ho Chi Minh City's horizon, from first contact to last. | 2:02 AM GMT+7 greatest eclipse Totality 1:26 AM – 2:38 AM | 55° up at greatest 1h 12m total |
| Friday, April 15, 2033 Total lunar eclipse | Total The whole eclipse is above Ho Chi Minh City's horizon, from first contact to last. | 2:12 AM GMT+7 greatest eclipse Totality 1:50 AM – 2:34 AM | 50° up at greatest 44m total |
| Saturday, October 8, 2033 Total lunar eclipse | Partial The eclipse begins below the horizon — the moon rises over Ho Chi Minh City at about 5:36 PM, already in totality. Everything before that happens while the moon is down. | 5:54 PM GMT+7 greatest eclipse Totality 5:16 PM – 6:32 PM | 4° up at greatest 1h 16m total |
| Tuesday, April 4, 2034 Partial lunar eclipse | Partial The whole eclipse is above Ho Chi Minh City's horizon, from first contact to last. | 2:47 AM GMT+7 greatest eclipse Umbral 1:36 AM – 3:58 AM | 45° up at greatest |
| Monday, January 10, 2039 Total lunar eclipse | Partial The eclipse is still under way at moonset — the moon sets at about 6:18 AM, during the penumbral shading. The rest of it happens below Ho Chi Minh City's horizon. | 8:27 AM GMT+7 greatest eclipse Totality 7:50 AM – 9:04 AM | below the horizon at greatest 1h 14m total |
| Friday, July 8, 2039 Partial lunar eclipse | Partial The whole eclipse is above Ho Chi Minh City's horizon, from first contact to last. | 2:04 AM GMT+7 greatest eclipse Umbral 12:58 AM – 3:10 AM | 45° up at greatest |
| Monday, November 19, 2040 Penumbral lunar eclipse | Penumbral The whole eclipse is above Ho Chi Minh City's horizon, from first contact to last. | 2:02 AM GMT+7 greatest eclipse | 54° up at greatest |
Reading the table. Greatest eclipse is one instant worldwide, printed on Ho Chi Minh City's clock — the zone abbreviation is resolved for that date, so it changes across the window wherever the clocks do. From Ho Chi Minh City is what the horizon leaves: a total eclipse the moon sets during is a partial one here, and the note beside it says which phase was under way. Durations are the eclipse's own, worldwide.
Yes — 2 of the 34 solar eclipses catalogued between 2024 and 2040 bring the moon's shadow over Ho Chi Minh City: June 1, 2030, December 26, 2038. How deep each one goes is a different question: the path of totality is only a few hundred kilometres wide, and this site's model tracks where the shadow falls, not how much of the sun it covers there. The closest it comes otherwise is Tuesday, September 12, 2034: the shadow's footprint does cover Ho Chi Minh City at greatest eclipse, but the sun is below the horizon here at that moment — so anything Ho Chi Minh City gets from it is whatever is left as the sun crosses the horizon, which is past where this model stops.
| Date | Greatest eclipse | Sun over Ho Chi Minh City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, June 1, 2030 Annular solar eclipse | 1:29 PM GMT+7 worldwide instant | 64° above the horizon | 2,240 km from the point of greatest eclipse |
| Sunday, December 26, 2038 Annular solar eclipse | 9:48 AM GMT+7 worldwide instant | 44° above the horizon | 1,416 km from the point of greatest eclipse |
A solar eclipse is only safe to look at through ISO 12312-2 filters, except during the totality of a total eclipse. For the path of totality over Ho Chi Minh City, use NASA's eclipse site — path width is the one thing this page does not model.
Eclipse dates and contact times come from the NASA/Espenak catalog, and everything local to Ho Chi Minh City — whether the moon or sun is above the horizon, how high it stands, what the horizon cuts off — is computed for 10.8231°, 106.6297° and converted to Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh. Nothing on this page is stamped with a build date: an eclipse is a catalogued instant, so where the shadow fell and how high the moon stood over Ho Chi Minh City are as fixed for 2024 as for 2040. Only the "next eclipse" panel at the top reads the clock, and it does so in your browser.
What the horizon decides. A lunar eclipse is visible from wherever the moon is up, which is half the planet — but an eclipse runs for hours and can straddle moonrise or moonset, and then only part of it is Ho Chi Minh City's. That is why each row carries the moon's altitude at greatest eclipse and, where it matters, which phase was under way as the moon crossed the horizon. An eclipse 70° up is overhead and unmistakable; the same eclipse a few degrees up is behind whatever Ho Chi Minh City has on its skyline.
Where this page stops. A solar eclipse row says that the moon's shadow reaches Ho Chi Minh City at the instant of greatest eclipse, and how high the sun stands here when it does. It does not say how much of the sun is covered: the path of totality is a couple of hundred kilometres wide against a footprint thousands of kilometres across, and this site models the footprint, not the path. Nor does it count a shallow partial from a shadow that sweeps past Ho Chi Minh City before or after that instant — so the 2 solar dates listed here are a floor, not a total.
Safe viewing. A lunar eclipse is safe to watch with the naked eye, binoculars, or a telescope — it is only the full moon, dimmed. A solar eclipse is not: outside the brief totality of a total eclipse, looking at the sun needs ISO 12312-2 filters, and sunglasses are not filters. For the exact path of a solar eclipse over Ho Chi Minh City, use NASA's eclipse site, whose maps carry the path width this page's model does not model.
When is the next lunar eclipse visible from Ho Chi Minh City?
The panel at the top of this page names it, counting from today in your browser. The table below is the full record instead: all 16 lunar eclipses between 2024 and 2040 that are above Ho Chi Minh City's horizon, with contact times already converted to Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh. 8 of them are total from here.
Will a solar eclipse be visible from Ho Chi Minh City?
Yes — 2 of the 34 solar eclipses catalogued between 2024 and 2040 bring the moon's shadow over Ho Chi Minh City: June 1, 2030, December 26, 2038. How deep each one goes is a different question: the path of totality is only a few hundred kilometres wide, and this site's model tracks where the shadow falls, not how much of the sun it covers there. The closest it comes otherwise is Tuesday, September 12, 2034: the shadow's footprint does cover Ho Chi Minh City at greatest eclipse, but the sun is below the horizon here at that moment — so anything Ho Chi Minh City gets from it is whatever is left as the sun crosses the horizon, which is past where this model stops.
What time does the eclipse start in Ho Chi Minh City?
Every time on this page is Ho Chi Minh City local time, converted per eclipse rather than once for the page — the window spans 16 years, so the same zone reads differently in January and July and the abbreviation beside each row says which applies. A lunar eclipse begins with the faint penumbral shading (P1), bites into the disc at first umbral contact (U1) and, if it is total, goes fully dark at U2.
Why does Ho Chi Minh City see more lunar eclipses than solar ones?
Earth's shadow at the moon's distance is far larger than the moon's shadow on Earth, and a lunar eclipse is visible from the entire night side of the planet at once — so Ho Chi Minh City catches 16 of the 32 lunar eclipses in the window, and only 2 of the 34 solar ones. A solar eclipse throws a shadow a few thousand kilometres across at most, and its darkest part a few hundred; miss that footprint by an hour of Earth's rotation and there is nothing to see from Ho Chi Minh City at all.