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The Moon occults Alcyone — 30 March 2028

Lunar occultation of the star Alcyone · Thursday 30 March 2028 · India

Watch from (IST)
19:26 – 20:47
105 of 146 listed cities see it
Alcyone hidden for
up to 69 min
Gulmarg, 69 min

The Moon hides Alcyone for up to 69 minutes, in a dark sky. 105 of the 146 listed Indian cities see it; Dwarka misses by 0.1′.

Closest approach 18:38 IST (geocentric, 0.27° centre to centre) · Moon 4.4 days old, 18% lit, 50° from the Sun

Where it can be seen

Agartala: hidden 55 min, dark sky Agra: hidden 58 min, dark sky Ahmedabad: hidden 34 min, dark sky Aizawl: hidden 55 min, dark sky Ajmer: hidden 54 min, dark sky Akola: hidden 27 min, dark sky Allahabad: hidden 55 min, dark sky Almora: hidden 63 min, dark sky Ambala: hidden 64 min, dark sky Amritsar: hidden 66 min, dusk Anand: hidden 31 min, dark sky Asansol: hidden 54 min, dark sky Aurangabad: misses — Alcyone passes 0.1′ from the limb Ayodhya: hidden 58 min, dark sky Balasore: hidden 48 min, dark sky Bangalore: misses — Alcyone passes 5.5′ from the limb Bankura: hidden 53 min, dark sky Bareilly: hidden 61 min, dark sky Bauxar: hidden 56 min, dark sky Belgaon: misses — Alcyone passes 4.0′ from the limb Berhampur: hidden 37 min, dark sky Bhagalpur: hidden 57 min, dark sky Bharatpur: hidden 58 min, dark sky Bhavnagar: hidden 19 min, dark sky Bhopal: hidden 44 min, dark sky Bhubaneswar: hidden 43 min, dark sky Bhuj: hidden 28 min, dusk Bijapur: misses — Alcyone passes 2.7′ from the limb Bikaner: hidden 58 min, dusk Bilaspur: hidden 45 min, dark sky Bokaro: hidden 53 min, dark sky Cannanore: misses — Alcyone passes 7.3′ from the limb Champa: hidden 46 min, dark sky Chandigarh: hidden 65 min, dark sky Chennai: misses — Alcyone passes 4.3′ from the limb Chittoor (A.P.): misses — Alcyone passes 4.7′ from the limb Chittorgarh: hidden 48 min, dark sky Cochin: misses — Alcyone passes 8.7′ from the limb Coimbatore: misses — Alcyone passes 7.5′ from the limb Cooch Bihar: hidden 58 min, dark sky Cuddalore: misses — Alcyone passes 5.7′ from the limb Cuttack: hidden 44 min, dark sky Darjeeling: hidden 59 min, dark sky Dehradun: hidden 64 min, dark sky Delhi: hidden 61 min, dark sky Dhanbad: hidden 54 min, dark sky Diamond Harbour: hidden 51 min, dark sky Dibrugarh: hidden 59 min, dark sky Dimapur: hidden 58 min, dark sky Diu: misses — Alcyone passes 0.8′ from the limb Durg: hidden 40 min, dark sky Dwarka: misses — Alcyone passes 0.1′ from the limb Etawah: hidden 58 min, dark sky Faizabad: hidden 58 min, dark sky Ferozpur: hidden 65 min, dusk Gandhinagar: hidden 36 min, dark sky Gangtok: hidden 60 min, dark sky Gaya: hidden 55 min, dark sky Gopalpur: hidden 37 min, dark sky Gorakhpur: hidden 59 min, dark sky Gulmarg: hidden 69 min, dusk Gurgaon: hidden 61 min, dark sky Guwahati: hidden 58 min, dark sky Gwalior: hidden 56 min, dark sky Haridwar: hidden 63 min, dark sky Hassan: misses — Alcyone passes 6.0′ from the limb Hubli: misses — Alcyone passes 4.2′ from the limb Hyderabad: misses — Alcyone passes 1.2′ from the limb Imphal: hidden 57 min, dark sky Indore: hidden 39 min, dark sky Itanagar: hidden 59 min, dark sky Jabalpur: hidden 47 min, dark sky Jaipur: hidden 56 min, dark sky Jaisalmer: hidden 53 min, dusk Jalandhar: hidden 66 min, dusk Jalpaiguri: hidden 59 min, dark sky Jammu: hidden 68 min, dusk Jamshedpur: hidden 51 min, dark sky Jhansi: hidden 54 min, dark sky Jodhpur: hidden 52 min, dusk Jorhat: hidden 58 min, dark sky Kanpur: hidden 57 min, dark sky Kanyakumari: misses — Alcyone passes 9.9′ from the limb Kavalur: misses — Alcyone passes 5.3′ from the limb Kharagpur: hidden 51 min, dark sky Kohima: hidden 58 min, dark sky Kolhapur: misses — Alcyone passes 3.3′ from the limb Kolkata: hidden 52 min, dark sky Koraput: hidden 30 min, dark sky Kota: hidden 51 min, dark sky Kozhikode: misses — Alcyone passes 7.7′ from the limb Kurnool: misses — Alcyone passes 2.7′ from the limb Lucknow: hidden 58 min, dark sky Ludhiana: hidden 65 min, dusk Machilipatnam: misses — Alcyone passes 1.2′ from the limb Madurai: misses — Alcyone passes 8.0′ from the limb Mangalore: misses — Alcyone passes 6.5′ from the limb Mathura: hidden 59 min, dark sky Meerut: hidden 62 min, dark sky Midnapore: hidden 51 min, dark sky Mount Abu: hidden 44 min, dark sky Mumbai: misses — Alcyone passes 1.7′ from the limb Murshidabad: hidden 55 min, dark sky Mussoorie: hidden 64 min, dark sky Muzaffarpur: hidden 58 min, dark sky Mysore: misses — Alcyone passes 6.4′ from the limb Nagpur: hidden 36 min, dark sky Nainital: hidden 63 min, dark sky Nalgonda: misses — Alcyone passes 1.2′ from the limb Nashik: misses — Alcyone passes 0.5′ from the limb Nellore: misses — Alcyone passes 3.2′ from the limb Nowgong: hidden 58 min, dark sky Panaji: misses — Alcyone passes 4.6′ from the limb Pantnagar: hidden 62 min, dark sky Paradeep: hidden 44 min, dark sky Pathankot: hidden 67 min, dusk Patna: hidden 57 min, dark sky Pondicherry: misses — Alcyone passes 5.5′ from the limb Port Blair: misses — Alcyone passes 0.7′ from the limb Pune: misses — Alcyone passes 1.8′ from the limb Puri: hidden 41 min, dark sky Raipur: hidden 41 min, dark sky Rajkot: hidden 20 min, dark sky Rameswaram: misses — Alcyone passes 8.1′ from the limb Ranchi: hidden 52 min, dark sky Roorkee: hidden 63 min, dark sky Rourkela: hidden 49 min, dark sky Salem: misses — Alcyone passes 6.4′ from the limb Shillong: hidden 58 min, dark sky Shimla: hidden 65 min, dark sky Silchar: hidden 57 min, dark sky Sriharikota: misses — Alcyone passes 3.8′ from the limb Srinagar: hidden 69 min, dusk Surat: hidden 13 min, dark sky Thanjavur: misses — Alcyone passes 6.8′ from the limb Tezpur: hidden 58 min, dark sky Thiruvananthapuram: misses — Alcyone passes 9.7′ from the limb Tiruchirappalli: misses — Alcyone passes 7.0′ from the limb Tirupati: misses — Alcyone passes 4.2′ from the limb Udaipur: hidden 46 min, dark sky Ujjain: hidden 42 min, dark sky Vadodara: hidden 30 min, dark sky Varanasi: hidden 56 min, dark sky Vellore: misses — Alcyone passes 4.9′ from the limb Vijayawada: misses — Alcyone passes 1.1′ from the limb Visakhapatnam: hidden 22 min, dark sky Ahmedabad Bhopal Chennai Delhi Guwahati Hyderabad Jaipur Kolkata Lucknow Mumbai Nagpur Pune Srinagar Thiruvananthapuram Ujjain Varanasi
sees the occultation after sunset graze limit city sees it near miss

The gold line is the north limit: along it Alcyone grazes the Moon's northern edge. North of the line it is a near miss — from Dwarka Alcyone passes just 0.1′ outside the limb — and a graze seen from right on the line, Alcyone blinking in and out behind lunar mountains, is the finest view of all.

The violet shading is where the Sun has set by the time of the event, so the reappearance happens in a darkening sky.

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At the Moon's edge

Alcyone's path across the Moon from your location — north up, east to the left as in binoculars. Times here are computed in your browser from the same ephemeris as the table, to the same ±2 s. Drag the slider to move it along its track.

City by city

Times are for the Moon's mean limb; the real limb's mountains and valleys shift each contact by up to a couple of seconds. Disappears is the moment Alcyone is fully hidden (its disc takes from the earlier time to slide in); reappears is when the first sliver returns.

CityAlcyone disappears (IST)reappears (IST)hiddenMoon alt.Sky
Srinagar19:27:18from 19:27:1820:36:01to 20:36:0169 min+41°dusk
Delhi19:38:51from 19:38:5120:39:52to 20:39:5261 min+36°dark sky
Jaipur19:41:46from 19:41:4620:38:10to 20:38:1056 min+36°dark sky
Lucknow19:44:26from 19:44:2620:42:41to 20:42:4158 min+31°dark sky
Varanasi19:48:15from 19:48:1520:43:54to 20:43:5456 min+28°dark sky
Guwahati19:48:55from 19:48:5520:47:08to 20:47:0858 min+21°dark sky
Bhopal19:52:31from 19:52:3120:36:58to 20:36:5844 min+32°dark sky
Ujjain19:52:49from 19:52:4920:34:25to 20:34:2542 min+33°dark sky
Ahmedabad19:53:55from 19:53:5520:27:59to 20:27:5934 min+36°dark sky
Kolkata19:54:26from 19:54:2620:46:23to 20:46:2352 min+21°dark sky
Nagpur19:59:43from 19:59:4320:35:50to 20:35:5036 min+28°dark sky
Chennaimisses — Alcyone passes 4.3′ from the limb at 20:24+19°dark sky
Hyderabadmisses — Alcyone passes 1.2′ from the limb at 20:20+23°dark sky
Mumbaimisses — Alcyone passes 1.7′ from the limb at 20:14+30°dark sky
Punemisses — Alcyone passes 1.8′ from the limb at 20:16+28°dark sky
Thiruvananthapurammisses — Alcyone passes 9.7′ from the limb at 20:24+20°dark sky
All 130 other cities
CityAlcyone disappears (IST)reappears (IST)hiddenMoon alt.Sky
Agartala19:52:16from 19:52:1620:47:35to 20:47:3555 min+20°dark sky
Agra19:42:21from 19:42:2120:40:25to 20:40:2558 min+34°dark sky
Aizawl19:52:29from 19:52:2920:47:54to 20:47:5455 min+18°dark sky
Ajmer19:42:20from 19:42:2020:36:37to 20:36:3754 min+37°dark sky
Akola20:03:10from 20:03:1020:30:27to 20:30:2727 min+29°dark sky
Allahabad19:47:41from 19:47:4120:43:08to 20:43:0855 min+29°dark sky
Almora19:38:36from 19:38:3620:41:28to 20:41:2863 min+34°dark sky
Ambala19:35:09from 19:35:0920:39:16to 20:39:1664 min+37°dark sky
Amritsar19:31:17from 19:31:1720:37:23to 20:37:2366 min+40°dusk
Anand19:56:07from 19:56:0720:27:20to 20:27:2031 min+35°dark sky
Asansol19:52:12from 19:52:1220:45:57to 20:45:5754 min+23°dark sky
Aurangabadmisses — Alcyone passes 0.1′ from the limb at 20:16+27°dark sky
Ayodhya19:45:04from 19:45:0420:43:31to 20:43:3158 min+30°dark sky
Balasore19:56:49from 19:56:4920:45:01to 20:45:0148 min+22°dark sky
Bangaloremisses — Alcyone passes 5.5′ from the limb at 20:22+22°dark sky
Bankura19:53:06from 19:53:0620:45:54to 20:45:5453 min+23°dark sky
Bareilly19:40:42from 19:40:4220:41:35to 20:41:3561 min+34°dark sky
Bauxar19:48:02from 19:48:0220:44:34to 20:44:3456 min+27°dark sky
Belgaonmisses — Alcyone passes 4.0′ from the limb at 20:18+26°dark sky
Berhampur20:03:26from 20:03:2620:40:36to 20:40:3637 min+22°dark sky
Bhagalpur19:49:21from 19:49:2120:46:04to 20:46:0457 min+24°dark sky
Bharatpur19:41:59from 19:41:5920:39:58to 20:39:5858 min+35°dark sky
Bhavnagar20:02:09from 20:02:0920:21:20to 20:21:2019 min+34°dark sky
Bhubaneswar20:00:03from 20:00:0320:43:05to 20:43:0543 min+22°dark sky
Bhuj19:53:54from 19:53:5420:21:27to 20:21:2728 min+38°dusk
Bijapurmisses — Alcyone passes 2.7′ from the limb at 20:18+26°dark sky
Bikaner19:37:28from 19:37:2820:35:54to 20:35:5458 min+40°dusk
Bilaspur19:55:53from 19:55:5320:41:20to 20:41:2045 min+26°dark sky
Bokaro19:52:10from 19:52:1020:45:30to 20:45:3053 min+24°dark sky
Cannanoremisses — Alcyone passes 7.3′ from the limb at 20:21+24°dark sky
Champa19:55:57from 19:55:5720:41:49to 20:41:4946 min+26°dark sky
Chandigarh19:34:31from 19:34:3120:39:09to 20:39:0965 min+38°dark sky
Chittoor (A.P.)misses — Alcyone passes 4.7′ from the limb at 20:23+20°dark sky
Chittorgarh19:46:51from 19:46:5120:35:10to 20:35:1048 min+36°dark sky
Cochinmisses — Alcyone passes 8.7′ from the limb at 20:22+22°dark sky
Coimbatoremisses — Alcyone passes 7.5′ from the limb at 20:23+21°dark sky
Cooch Bihar19:48:08from 19:48:0820:46:39to 20:46:3958 min+23°dark sky
Cuddaloremisses — Alcyone passes 5.7′ from the limb at 20:24+19°dark sky
Cuttack19:59:35from 19:59:3520:43:19to 20:43:1944 min+22°dark sky
Darjeeling19:46:47from 19:46:4720:46:07to 20:46:0759 min+24°dark sky
Dehradun19:36:13from 19:36:1320:40:11to 20:40:1164 min+36°dark sky
Dhanbad19:51:57from 19:51:5720:45:41to 20:45:4154 min+24°dark sky
Diamond Harbour19:55:12from 19:55:1220:46:09to 20:46:0951 min+21°dark sky
Dibrugarh19:47:54from 19:47:5420:46:32to 20:46:3259 min+18°dark sky
Dimapur19:49:33from 19:49:3320:47:24to 20:47:2458 min+19°dark sky
Diumisses — Alcyone passes 0.8′ from the limb at 20:11+33°dark sky
Durg19:58:45from 19:58:4520:39:10to 20:39:1040 min+26°dark sky
Dwarkamisses — Alcyone passes 0.1′ from the limb at 20:07+36°dark sky
Etawah19:43:42from 19:43:4220:41:12to 20:41:1258 min+33°dark sky
Faizabad19:45:05from 19:45:0520:43:29to 20:43:2958 min+30°dark sky
Ferozpur19:32:19from 19:32:1920:37:23to 20:37:2365 min+40°dusk
Gandhinagar19:52:58from 19:52:5820:28:40to 20:28:4036 min+36°dark sky
Gangtok19:46:27from 19:46:2720:46:06to 20:46:0660 min+24°dark sky
Gaya19:49:46from 19:49:4620:45:04to 20:45:0455 min+26°dark sky
Gopalpur20:03:33from 20:03:3320:40:39to 20:40:3937 min+21°dark sky
Gorakhpur19:45:35from 19:45:3520:44:13to 20:44:1359 min+29°dark sky
Gulmarg19:26:55from 19:26:5520:35:45to 20:35:4569 min+42°dusk
Gurgaon19:39:02from 19:39:0220:39:42to 20:39:4261 min+36°dark sky
Gwalior19:44:36from 19:44:3620:40:17to 20:40:1756 min+33°dark sky
Haridwar19:36:58from 19:36:5820:40:23to 20:40:2363 min+36°dark sky
Hassanmisses — Alcyone passes 6.0′ from the limb at 20:21+23°dark sky
Hublimisses — Alcyone passes 4.2′ from the limb at 20:19+25°dark sky
Imphal19:51:00from 19:51:0020:47:49to 20:47:4957 min+18°dark sky
Indore19:54:32from 19:54:3220:33:40to 20:33:4039 min+32°dark sky
Itanagar19:48:04from 19:48:0420:46:49to 20:46:4959 min+20°dark sky
Jabalpur19:52:51from 19:52:5120:40:06to 20:40:0647 min+29°dark sky
Jaisalmer19:38:48from 19:38:4820:32:01to 20:32:0153 min+41°dusk
Jalandhar19:32:28from 19:32:2820:38:03to 20:38:0366 min+39°dusk
Jalpaiguri19:47:42from 19:47:4220:46:25to 20:46:2559 min+24°dark sky
Jammu19:29:26from 19:29:2620:36:53to 20:36:5368 min+40°dusk
Jamshedpur19:53:58from 19:53:5820:45:14to 20:45:1451 min+23°dark sky
Jhansi19:46:36from 19:46:3620:40:19to 20:40:1954 min+32°dark sky
Jodhpur19:42:04from 19:42:0420:34:22to 20:34:2252 min+38°dusk
Jorhat19:48:35from 19:48:3520:46:59to 20:46:5958 min+19°dark sky
Kanpur19:45:00from 19:45:0020:42:12to 20:42:1257 min+31°dark sky
Kanyakumarimisses — Alcyone passes 9.9′ from the limb at 20:24+19°dark sky
Kavalurmisses — Alcyone passes 5.3′ from the limb at 20:23+20°dark sky
Kharagpur19:54:55from 19:54:5520:45:41to 20:45:4151 min+22°dark sky
Kohima19:49:54from 19:49:5420:47:30to 20:47:3058 min+18°dark sky
Kolhapurmisses — Alcyone passes 3.3′ from the limb at 20:17+27°dark sky
Koraput20:06:53from 20:06:5320:36:21to 20:36:2130 min+22°dark sky
Kota19:46:17from 19:46:1720:37:08to 20:37:0851 min+35°dark sky
Kozhikodemisses — Alcyone passes 7.7′ from the limb at 20:22+23°dark sky
Kurnoolmisses — Alcyone passes 2.7′ from the limb at 20:21+22°dark sky
Ludhiana19:33:27from 19:33:2720:38:24to 20:38:2465 min+39°dusk
Machilipatnammisses — Alcyone passes 1.2′ from the limb at 20:22+20°dark sky
Maduraimisses — Alcyone passes 8.0′ from the limb at 20:24+20°dark sky
Mangaloremisses — Alcyone passes 6.5′ from the limb at 20:20+24°dark sky
Mathura19:41:29from 19:41:2920:40:10to 20:40:1059 min+35°dark sky
Meerut19:38:26from 19:38:2620:40:14to 20:40:1462 min+36°dark sky
Midnapore19:54:45from 19:54:4520:45:46to 20:45:4651 min+22°dark sky
Mount Abu19:47:20from 19:47:2020:31:47to 20:31:4744 min+37°dark sky
Murshidabad19:51:26from 19:51:2620:46:36to 20:46:3655 min+22°dark sky
Mussoorie19:36:00from 19:36:0020:40:09to 20:40:0964 min+36°dark sky
Muzaffarpur19:47:24from 19:47:2420:45:17to 20:45:1758 min+26°dark sky
Mysoremisses — Alcyone passes 6.4′ from the limb at 20:22+22°dark sky
Nainital19:38:50from 19:38:5020:41:24to 20:41:2463 min+34°dark sky
Nalgondamisses — Alcyone passes 1.2′ from the limb at 20:21+22°dark sky
Nashikmisses — Alcyone passes 0.5′ from the limb at 20:14+29°dark sky
Nelloremisses — Alcyone passes 3.2′ from the limb at 20:23+20°dark sky
Nowgong19:48:49from 19:48:4920:47:09to 20:47:0958 min+20°dark sky
Panajimisses — Alcyone passes 4.6′ from the limb at 20:17+27°dark sky
Pantnagar19:39:31from 19:39:3120:41:30to 20:41:3062 min+34°dark sky
Paradeep19:59:45from 19:59:4520:43:49to 20:43:4944 min+21°dark sky
Pathankot19:30:55from 19:30:5520:37:42to 20:37:4267 min+39°dusk
Patna19:48:16from 19:48:1620:45:12to 20:45:1257 min+26°dark sky
Pondicherrymisses — Alcyone passes 5.5′ from the limb at 20:24+19°dark sky
Port Blairmisses — Alcyone passes 0.7′ from the limb at 20:28+6°dark sky
Puri20:01:24from 20:01:2420:42:31to 20:42:3141 min+21°dark sky
Raipur19:58:28from 19:58:2820:39:42to 20:39:4241 min+26°dark sky
Rajkot19:59:42from 19:59:4220:19:59to 20:19:5920 min+36°dark sky
Rameswarammisses — Alcyone passes 8.1′ from the limb at 20:25+18°dark sky
Ranchi19:52:47from 19:52:4720:44:53to 20:44:5352 min+25°dark sky
Roorkee19:36:56from 19:36:5620:40:13to 20:40:1363 min+36°dark sky
Rourkela19:55:13from 19:55:1320:43:59to 20:43:5949 min+24°dark sky
Salemmisses — Alcyone passes 6.4′ from the limb at 20:23+20°dark sky
Shillong19:49:43from 19:49:4320:47:21to 20:47:2158 min+20°dark sky
Shimla19:34:12from 19:34:1220:39:18to 20:39:1865 min+37°dark sky
Silchar19:50:53from 19:50:5320:47:42to 20:47:4257 min+19°dark sky
Sriharikotamisses — Alcyone passes 3.8′ from the limb at 20:23+19°dark sky
Surat20:06:39from 20:06:3920:19:15to 20:19:1513 min+32°dark sky
Tezpur19:48:28from 19:48:2820:47:01to 20:47:0158 min+20°dark sky
Thanjavurmisses — Alcyone passes 6.8′ from the limb at 20:24+19°dark sky
Tiruchirappallimisses — Alcyone passes 7.0′ from the limb at 20:24+19°dark sky
Tirupatimisses — Alcyone passes 4.2′ from the limb at 20:23+20°dark sky
Udaipur19:47:36from 19:47:3620:33:24to 20:33:2446 min+36°dark sky
Vadodara19:57:22from 19:57:2220:27:03to 20:27:0330 min+34°dark sky
Velloremisses — Alcyone passes 4.9′ from the limb at 20:23+20°dark sky
Vijayawadamisses — Alcyone passes 1.1′ from the limb at 20:22+20°dark sky
Visakhapatnam20:11:58from 20:11:5820:33:28to 20:33:2822 min+20°dark sky

How to watch

Method & accuracy

Positions from the JPL DE431 ephemeris (Skyfield), ΔT = 69.1 s, the Moon as a sphere of mean radius 1737.4 km — contact times are therefore ±2 s or so against the true, mountainous limb, and the limit line is drawn from a 0.125° grid (≈10 km). Alcyone's own disc (0″ across) is included: partial contacts are the from/to times. The numbers behind this page: alcyone-2028-03-30.json. Generated 2026-09-11.