In 2031 there are 5 eclipses: 2 solar and 3 lunar. Below, each one with the time of greatest eclipse in Brasília time (UTC-3), the magnitude, and its visibility from each of the 27 Brazilian state capitals.
- May 7, 2031 — Penumbral lunar eclipse · Brazil: Yes
- May 21, 2031 — Annular solar eclipse · Brazil: No
- June 5, 2031 — Penumbral lunar eclipse · Brazil: No
- October 30, 2031 — Penumbral lunar eclipse · Brazil: Partly
- November 14, 2031 — Hybrid solar eclipse · Brazil: Partly
May 7, 2031 — Penumbral lunar eclipse
Time until the maximum:
- Greatest eclipse (Brasília)
- Wednesday, 00:51 (UTC-3)
- Greatest eclipse in UTC
- 03:51 UTC
- Penumbral magnitude
- 0.881
- Penumbral magnitude
- 0.881
- Gamma
- -1.070
- Visible in Brazil?
- Yes
From 27 of the 27 state capitals the Moon stays above the horizon during the whole penumbral phase. In a penumbral eclipse the Moon only dims slightly and is hard to notice by eye.
| Phase | Brasília time (UTC-3) | UTC |
|---|---|---|
| Penumbral phase begins (P1) | 22:52 (previous day) | 01:52 |
| Greatest eclipse | 00:51 | 03:51 |
| Penumbral phase ends (P4) | 02:50 | 05:50 |
| Capital | Status | Maximum (local time) | Moon altitude at maximum | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Branco AC | Visible | 22:51 | 78° | Whole eclipse |
| Maceió AL | Visible | 00:51 | 66° | Whole eclipse |
| Macapá AP | Visible | 00:51 | 70° | Whole eclipse |
| Manaus AM | Visible | 23:51 | 75° | Whole eclipse |
| Salvador BA | Visible | 00:51 | 69° | Whole eclipse |
| Fortaleza CE | Visible | 00:51 | 65° | Whole eclipse |
| Brasília DF | Visible | 00:51 | 79° | Whole eclipse |
| Vitória ES | Visible | 00:51 | 72° | Whole eclipse |
| Goiânia GO | Visible | 00:51 | 81° | Whole eclipse |
| São Luís MA | Visible | 00:51 | 69° | Whole eclipse |
| Cuiabá MT | Visible | 23:51 | 87° | Whole eclipse |
| Campo Grande MS | Visible | 23:51 | 85° | Whole eclipse |
| Belo Horizonte MG | Visible | 00:51 | 76° | Whole eclipse |
| Belém PA | Visible | 00:51 | 70° | Whole eclipse |
| João Pessoa PB | Visible | 00:51 | 64° | Whole eclipse |
| Curitiba PR | Visible | 00:51 | 78° | Whole eclipse |
| Recife PE | Visible | 00:51 | 64° | Whole eclipse |
| Teresina PI | Visible | 00:51 | 69° | Whole eclipse |
| Rio de Janeiro RJ | Visible | 00:51 | 74° | Whole eclipse |
| Natal RN | Visible | 00:51 | 64° | Whole eclipse |
| Porto Alegre RS | Visible | 00:51 | 76° | Whole eclipse |
| Porto Velho RO | Visible | 23:51 | 80° | Whole eclipse |
| Boa Vista RR | Visible | 23:51 | 69° | Whole eclipse |
| Florianópolis SC | Visible | 00:51 | 76° | Whole eclipse |
| São Paulo SP | Visible | 00:51 | 77° | Whole eclipse |
| Aracaju SE | Visible | 00:51 | 67° | Whole eclipse |
| Palmas TO | Visible | 00:51 | 77° | Whole eclipse |
The Moon counts as visible when its center is above the horizon (accounting for refraction and parallax, i.e. the observer's viewpoint on the surface). "Visible" means the Moon is above the horizon from the start to the end of the penumbral phase. Calculated for the center of each capital, ignoring terrain, clouds and buildings.
A lunar eclipse is safe for your eyes: no filter is needed.
May 21, 2031 — Annular solar eclipse
Time until the maximum:
- Greatest eclipse (Brasília)
- Wednesday, 04:15 (UTC-3)
- Greatest eclipse in UTC
- 07:15 UTC
- Magnitude (diameter ratio)
- 0.960
- Gamma
- -0.197
- Greatest eclipse at about
- ≈ 9°N 72°E
- Visible in Brazil?
- No
The Moon's shadow does not reach Brazil: in none of the 27 state capitals does the Moon cover any part of the Sun. The annular phase is seen only along a narrow path, which does not cross any state capital (greatest eclipse at about 9°N 72°E). The annular eclipse passes through other regions.
This is an approximation: use official sources, such as the NASA eclipse catalog, for the exact map of the path of totality or annularity.
Safety: never look at the Sun without ISO 12312-2 certified eclipse glasses during a partial or annular eclipse. See how to watch safely.
June 5, 2031 — Penumbral lunar eclipse
Time until the maximum:
- Greatest eclipse (Brasília)
- Thursday, 08:44 (UTC-3)
- Greatest eclipse in UTC
- 11:44 UTC
- Penumbral magnitude
- 0.129
- Penumbral magnitude
- 0.129
- Gamma
- 1.473
- Visible in Brazil?
- No
The Moon is below the horizon in every Brazilian capital while this eclipse happens, so it cannot be seen from Brazil. In a penumbral eclipse the Moon only dims slightly and is hard to notice by eye; with a penumbral magnitude of 0.13 the change is practically imperceptible.
| Phase | Brasília time (UTC-3) | UTC |
|---|---|---|
| Penumbral phase begins (P1) | 07:57 | 10:57 |
| Greatest eclipse | 08:44 | 11:44 |
| Penumbral phase ends (P4) | 09:32 | 12:32 |
A lunar eclipse is safe for your eyes: no filter is needed.
October 30, 2031 — Penumbral lunar eclipse
Time until the maximum:
- Greatest eclipse (Brasília)
- Thursday, 04:45 (UTC-3)
- Greatest eclipse in UTC
- 07:45 UTC
- Penumbral magnitude
- 0.717
- Penumbral magnitude
- 0.717
- Gamma
- 1.177
- Visible in Brazil?
- Partly
From 4 of the 27 state capitals the Moon stays above the horizon during the whole penumbral phase, and 23 more see only part of it. In a penumbral eclipse the Moon only dims slightly and is hard to notice by eye.
| Phase | Brasília time (UTC-3) | UTC |
|---|---|---|
| Penumbral phase begins (P1) | 02:50 | 05:50 |
| Greatest eclipse | 04:45 | 07:45 |
| Penumbral phase ends (P4) | 06:41 | 09:41 |
| Capital | Status | Maximum (local time) | Moon altitude at maximum | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Branco AC | Visible | 02:45 | 31° | Whole eclipse |
| Maceió AL | Partly | 04:45 | 1° | The Moon sets at 04:55, with the eclipse under way |
| Macapá AP | Partly | 04:45 | 19° | The Moon sets at 06:09, with the eclipse under way |
| Manaus AM | Visible | 03:45 | 26° | Whole eclipse |
| Salvador BA | Partly | 04:45 | 3° | The Moon sets at 05:03, with the eclipse under way |
| Fortaleza CE | Partly | 04:45 | 6° | The Moon sets at 05:13, with the eclipse under way |
| Brasília DF | Partly | 04:45 | 11° | The Moon sets at 05:38, with the eclipse under way |
| Vitória ES | Partly | 04:45 | 3° | The Moon sets at 05:01, with the eclipse under way |
| Goiânia GO | Partly | 04:45 | 12° | The Moon sets at 05:43, with the eclipse under way |
| São Luís MA | Partly | 04:45 | 12° | The Moon sets at 05:38, with the eclipse under way |
| Cuiabá MT | Partly | 03:45 | 18° | The Moon sets at 05:12, with the eclipse under way |
| Campo Grande MS | Partly | 03:45 | 15° | The Moon sets at 05:00, with the eclipse under way |
| Belo Horizonte MG | Partly | 04:45 | 6° | The Moon sets at 05:17, with the eclipse under way |
| Belém PA | Partly | 04:45 | 16° | The Moon sets at 05:57, with the eclipse under way |
| João Pessoa PB | Partly | 04:45 | 1° | The Moon sets at 04:54, with the eclipse under way |
| Curitiba PR | Partly | 04:45 | 9° | The Moon sets at 05:32, with the eclipse under way |
| Recife PE | Partly | 04:45 | 1° | The Moon sets at 04:53, with the eclipse under way |
| Teresina PI | Partly | 04:45 | 9° | The Moon sets at 05:29, with the eclipse under way |
| Rio de Janeiro RJ | Partly | 04:45 | 4° | The Moon sets at 05:10, with the eclipse under way |
| Natal RN | Partly | 04:45 | 2° | The Moon sets at 04:57, with the eclipse under way |
| Porto Alegre RS | Partly | 04:45 | 9° | The Moon sets at 05:33, with the eclipse under way |
| Porto Velho RO | Visible | 03:45 | 28° | Whole eclipse |
| Boa Vista RR | Visible | 03:45 | 29° | Whole eclipse |
| Florianópolis SC | Partly | 04:45 | 7° | The Moon sets at 05:26, with the eclipse under way |
| São Paulo SP | Partly | 04:45 | 7° | The Moon sets at 05:23, with the eclipse under way |
| Aracaju SE | Partly | 04:45 | 2° | The Moon sets at 04:59, with the eclipse under way |
| Palmas TO | Partly | 04:45 | 13° | The Moon sets at 05:46, with the eclipse under way |
The Moon counts as visible when its center is above the horizon (accounting for refraction and parallax, i.e. the observer's viewpoint on the surface). "Visible" means the Moon is above the horizon from the start to the end of the penumbral phase. Calculated for the center of each capital, ignoring terrain, clouds and buildings.
A lunar eclipse is safe for your eyes: no filter is needed.
November 14, 2031 — Hybrid solar eclipse
Time until the maximum:
- Greatest eclipse (Brasília)
- Friday, 18:06 (UTC-3)
- Greatest eclipse in UTC
- 21:06 UTC
- Magnitude (diameter ratio)
- 1.011
- Gamma
- 0.308
- Greatest eclipse at about
- ≈ 1°S 138°W
- Visible in Brazil?
- Partly
In Brazil it is a partial eclipse in 2 of the 27 state capitals. Among the capitals where it is partial, the Moon covers between 6% (Porto Velho) and 18% (Rio Branco) of the Sun's area at maximum. The total or annular phase is seen only along a narrow path, which does not cross any state capital (greatest eclipse at about 1°S 138°W). The annular eclipse passes through other regions.
| Capital | Status | Start | Maximum | End | Sun covered | Sun altitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Branco AC | Partial | 17:04 | 17:33* | 17:33* | 18% | 0° |
| Maceió AL | Not visible | — | ||||
| Macapá AP | Not visible | — | ||||
| Manaus AM | Not visible | — | ||||
| Salvador BA | Not visible | — | ||||
| Fortaleza CE | Not visible | — | ||||
| Brasília DF | Not visible | — | ||||
| Vitória ES | Not visible | — | ||||
| Goiânia GO | Not visible | — | ||||
| São Luís MA | Not visible | — | ||||
| Cuiabá MT | Not visible | — | ||||
| Campo Grande MS | Not visible | — | ||||
| Belo Horizonte MG | Not visible | — | ||||
| Belém PA | Not visible | — | ||||
| João Pessoa PB | Not visible | — | ||||
| Curitiba PR | Not visible | — | ||||
| Recife PE | Not visible | — | ||||
| Teresina PI | Not visible | — | ||||
| Rio de Janeiro RJ | Not visible | — | ||||
| Natal RN | Not visible | — | ||||
| Porto Alegre RS | Not visible | — | ||||
| Porto Velho RO | Partial | 18:04 | 18:15* | 18:15* | 6% | 0° |
| Boa Vista RR | Not visible | — | ||||
| Florianópolis SC | Not visible | — | ||||
| São Paulo SP | Not visible | — | ||||
| Aracaju SE | Not visible | — | ||||
| Palmas TO | Not visible | — | ||||
* The eclipse was already under way at sunrise (start) or is still going at sunset (end); the time shown is sunrise or sunset. A starred maximum is the largest visible coverage, at the moment of sunrise or sunset. "Sun covered" is the fraction of the Sun's disk area hidden by the Moon at maximum. Calculated for the center of each capital, ignoring terrain.
This is an approximation: use official sources, such as the NASA eclipse catalog, for the exact map of the path of totality or annularity.
Safety: never look at the Sun without ISO 12312-2 certified eclipse glasses during a partial or annular eclipse. See how to watch safely.
How to watch safely
How to watch a solar eclipse safely
- Never look directly at the Sun without proper protection, not even during most of the partial phase. The retina has no pain receptors, so you feel nothing while the damage (solar retinopathy) happens, and it can be permanent.
- Use eclipse glasses or handheld solar viewers that meet the ISO 12312-2 standard. Check the marking on the product, buy from a reliable seller, and throw them away if they are scratched, punctured or creased. Ordinary sunglasses, exposed film, CDs, smoked glass and stacked sunglasses do not protect your eyes.
- Do not look through a camera, a phone zoom, binoculars or a telescope while wearing eclipse glasses: the optics concentrate the light and burn the filter and the eye. Any instrument needs its own solar filter fitted in front of the lens or aperture.
- An annular eclipse is never safe to watch unfiltered: the ring of light is still the Sun's surface. Protection is needed from start to end.
- Only during the total phase of a total eclipse, and only inside the path of totality, can the filter be removed, for the few minutes when the Sun is completely covered. Put it back on as soon as the first bright bead of sunlight returns. Outside the path, including every Brazilian capital for the eclipses on this page, the Sun is never fully covered, so the filter stays on the whole time.
- Indirect methods are safe: a pinhole projector (a small hole in a card, with your back to the Sun, projecting the image onto a surface) or the crescent-shaped spots of light under tree leaves and kitchen colanders.
- Supervise children, and do not rely on a quick glance: there is no safe "short look".
Lunar eclipses are completely safe: the Moon only reflects sunlight, so you can watch with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, with no filter.
What is an eclipse?
An eclipse is the alignment of the Sun, the Earth and the Moon. At new Moon the Moon can hide the Sun (solar eclipse); at full Moon it can enter the Earth's shadow (lunar eclipse). It does not happen every month because the Moon's orbit is tilted about 5° to the Earth's. A total solar eclipse is rare at any single place, about once every 375 years on average, because the Moon's umbra is a strip at most about 270 km wide. Read about the types of eclipse and see the 2026–2035 calendar.
Values calculated on the server (approximation; use official sources for the path of totality). Times rounded to the minute.