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The Moon occults Mars — 11 October 2029

Lunar occultation of the planet Mars · Thursday 11 October 2029 · World

Watch from (UTC)
14:02 – 18:26
40 of 102 listed cities see it
Mars hidden for
up to 76 min
Belo Horizonte, BR, 76 min

The Moon hides Mars for up to 76 minutes, in daylight for some, after sunset for others. 40 of the world's big cities see it; Kinshasa, CD misses by 0.8′.

Closest approach 16:14 UTC (geocentric, 0.06° centre to centre) · Moon 3.9 days old, 21% lit, 54° from the Sun

Where it can be seen

Kinshasa, CD: misses — Mars passes 0.8′ from the limb Istanbul, TR: misses — Mars passes 33.7′ from the limb Lagos, NG: misses — Mars passes 15.4′ from the limb São Paulo, BR: hidden 69 min, daylight, Sun +73° Cairo, EG: misses — Mars passes 24.9′ from the limb Johannesburg, ZA: hidden 60 min, dark sky London, GB: misses — Mars passes 44.8′ from the limb Lima, PE: hidden 45 min, daylight, Sun +50° Bogotá, CO: hidden 51 min, daylight, Sun +48° Rio de Janeiro, BR: hidden 75 min, daylight, Sun +74° Abidjan, CI: misses — Mars passes 16.1′ from the limb Dar es Salaam, TZ: hidden 60 min, dark sky Alexandria, EG: misses — Mars passes 26.3′ from the limb Kano, NG: misses — Mars passes 18.7′ from the limb Santiago, CL: misses — Mars passes 7.8′ from the limb Cape Town, ZA: hidden 52 min, daylight, Sun +1° Jeddah, SA: misses — Mars passes 14.5′ from the limb Nairobi, KE: hidden 48 min, dark sky Giza, EG: misses — Mars passes 24.9′ from the limb Bamako, ML: misses — Mars passes 22.9′ from the limb Addis Ababa, ET: misses — Mars passes 3.2′ from the limb Casablanca, MA: misses — Mars passes 37.8′ from the limb Ibadan, NG: misses — Mars passes 16.1′ from the limb Ankara, TR: misses — Mars passes 31.7′ from the limb Berlin, DE: misses — Mars passes 43.3′ from the limb Durban, ZA: hidden 43 min, dark sky Madrid, ES: misses — Mars passes 41.0′ from the limb Bursa, TR: misses — Mars passes 33.1′ from the limb Caracas, VE: hidden 20 min, daylight, Sun +56° İzmir, TR: misses — Mars passes 32.5′ from the limb Buenos Aires, AR: misses — Mars passes 4.0′ from the limb Quito, EC: hidden 55 min, daylight, Sun +45° Luanda, AO: hidden 45 min, sunset twilight Guayaquil, EC: hidden 54 min, daylight, Sun +45° Belo Horizonte, BR: hidden 76 min, daylight, Sun +77° Salvador, BR: hidden 74 min, daylight, Sun +84° Abuja, NG: misses — Mars passes 16.4′ from the limb Dakar, SN: misses — Mars passes 23.8′ from the limb Mogadishu, SO: hidden 46 min, dark sky Kumasi, GH: misses — Mars passes 16.9′ from the limb Ouagadougou, BF: misses — Mars passes 21.9′ from the limb Fortaleza, BR: hidden 27 min, daylight, Sun +84° Cali, CO: hidden 53 min, daylight, Sun +46° Algiers, DZ: misses — Mars passes 38.3′ from the limb Rome, IT: misses — Mars passes 39.0′ from the limb Lubumbashi, CD: hidden 67 min, dark sky Manaus, BR: hidden 60 min, daylight, Sun +64° Lusaka, ZM: hidden 70 min, dark sky Brasília, BR: hidden 74 min, daylight, Sun +77° Lomé, TG: misses — Mars passes 15.7′ from the limb Paris, FR: misses — Mars passes 43.7′ from the limb Port Harcourt, NG: misses — Mars passes 12.7′ from the limb Pretoria, ZA: hidden 61 min, dark sky Córdoba, AR: misses — Mars passes 3.8′ from the limb Mbuji-Mayi, CD: hidden 50 min, dark sky La Paz, BO: hidden 49 min, daylight, Sun +59° Medellín, CO: hidden 49 min, daylight, Sun +47° Brazzaville, CG: misses — Mars passes 0.9′ from the limb Khartoum, SD: misses — Mars passes 11.9′ from the limb Hamburg, DE: misses — Mars passes 44.1′ from the limb Accra, GH: misses — Mars passes 15.6′ from the limb Curitiba, BR: hidden 60 min, daylight, Sun +70° Conakry, GN: misses — Mars passes 20.0′ from the limb Beirut, LB: misses — Mars passes 26.3′ from the limb Bucharest, RO: misses — Mars passes 36.6′ from the limb Camayenne, GN: misses — Mars passes 20.0′ from the limb Kakamega, KE: hidden 39 min, dark sky Kaduna, NG: misses — Mars passes 17.8′ from the limb Omdurman, SD: misses — Mars passes 12.0′ from the limb Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO: hidden 54 min, daylight, Sun +63° Benin City, NG: misses — Mars passes 14.6′ from the limb Maracaibo, VE: hidden 32 min, daylight, Sun +50° Budapest, HU: misses — Mars passes 40.1′ from the limb Warsaw, PL: misses — Mars passes 41.6′ from the limb Soweto, ZA: hidden 60 min, dusk Vienna, AT: misses — Mars passes 41.0′ from the limb Barcelona, ES: misses — Mars passes 40.8′ from the limb Kampala, UG: hidden 34 min, dark sky Rabat, MA: misses — Mars passes 38.0′ from the limb Recife, BR: hidden 51 min, daylight, Sun +82° Valencia, VE: hidden 26 min, daylight, Sun +54° Makkah, SA: misses — Mars passes 14.1′ from the limb Damascus, SY: misses — Mars passes 25.7′ from the limb Onitsha, NG: misses — Mars passes 14.0′ from the limb Harare, ZW: hidden 67 min, dark sky Monrovia, LR: misses — Mars passes 17.4′ from the limb Goiânia, BR: hidden 72 min, daylight, Sun +75° Munich, DE: misses — Mars passes 42.0′ from the limb Belém, BR: hidden 45 min, daylight, Sun +78° Porto Alegre, BR: hidden 38 min, daylight, Sun +66° Asunción, PY: hidden 43 min, daylight, Sun +66° Konya, TR: misses — Mars passes 30.3′ from the limb Milan, IT: misses — Mars passes 41.4′ from the limb N'Djamena, TD: misses — Mars passes 16.2′ from the limb Antananarivo, MG: hidden 47 min, dark sky Abobo, CI: misses — Mars passes 16.2′ from the limb Douala, CM: misses — Mars passes 11.0′ from the limb Antalya, TR: misses — Mars passes 30.3′ from the limb Niamey, NE: misses — Mars passes 22.0′ from the limb Tripoli, LY: misses — Mars passes 33.4′ from the limb Madinah, SA: misses — Mars passes 16.9′ from the limb Yaoundé, CM: misses — Mars passes 10.1′ from the limb Kinshasa, CD Istanbul, TR Lagos, NG São Paulo, BR Cairo, EG Johannesburg, ZA Lima, PE Bogotá, CO Rio de Janeiro, BR Dar es Salaam, TZ Cape Town, ZA Nairobi, KE Durban, ZA Caracas, VE Quito, EC Luanda, AO Guayaquil, EC Belo Horizonte, BR
sees the occultation after sunset graze limit city sees it near miss

The gold line is the north limit: along it Mars grazes the Moon's northern edge. North of the line it is a near miss — from Kinshasa, CD Mars passes just 0.8′ outside the limb — and a graze seen from right on the line, Mars 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

Mars'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 Mars is fully hidden (its disc takes from the earlier time to slide in); reappears is when the first sliver returns.

CityMars disappears (UTC)reappears (UTC)hiddenMoon alt.Sky
Bogotá, CO14:03:10from 14:03:0114:54:31to 14:54:4251 min-5°daylight, Sun +48°
Quito, EC14:03:33from 14:03:2514:58:24to 14:58:3355 min-7°daylight, Sun +45°
Guayaquil, EC14:04:57from 14:04:4814:59:00to 14:59:1054 min-8°daylight, Sun +45°
Lima, PE14:14:03from 14:13:5214:59:29to 14:59:4145 min+1°daylight, Sun +50°
Caracas, VE14:17:29from 14:17:0214:37:25to 14:37:5420 min+2°daylight, Sun +56°
Belo Horizonte, BR14:24:19from 14:24:0715:40:34to 15:40:4776 min+36°daylight, Sun +77°
São Paulo, BR14:28:42from 14:28:3015:37:26to 15:37:4069 min+35°daylight, Sun +73°
Rio de Janeiro, BR14:29:30from 14:29:1815:44:05to 15:44:1975 min+39°daylight, Sun +74°
Cape Town, ZA16:49:29from 16:49:1117:41:24to 17:41:4252 min+53°daylight, Sun +1°
Johannesburg, ZA17:04:04from 17:03:5018:04:19to 18:04:3160 min+42°dark sky
Luanda, AO17:08:20from 17:07:5417:53:35to 17:53:5945 min+49°sunset twilight
Durban, ZA17:11:30from 17:11:1117:54:21to 17:54:3843 min+38°dark sky
Dar es Salaam, TZ17:26:38from 17:26:2718:26:29to 18:26:3960 min+21°dark sky
Nairobi, KE17:34:31from 17:34:1618:22:22to 18:22:3548 min+19°dark sky
Cairo, EGmisses — Mars passes 24.9′ from the limb at 17:48+6°dark sky
Istanbul, TRmisses — Mars passes 33.7′ from the limb at 17:33+3°dark sky
Kinshasa, CDmisses — Mars passes 0.8′ from the limb at 17:37+39°dark sky
Lagos, NGmisses — Mars passes 15.4′ from the limb at 17:13+47°daylight, Sun +4°
All 84 other cities
CityMars disappears (UTC)reappears (UTC)hiddenMoon alt.Sky
Abidjan, CImisses — Mars passes 16.1′ from the limb at 16:46+56°daylight, Sun +18°
Abobo, CImisses — Mars passes 16.2′ from the limb at 16:46+56°daylight, Sun +18°
Abuja, NGmisses — Mars passes 16.4′ from the limb at 17:25+40°sunset twilight
Accra, GHmisses — Mars passes 15.6′ from the limb at 17:01+52°daylight, Sun +10°
Addis Ababa, ETmisses — Mars passes 3.2′ from the limb at 18:01+7°dark sky
Alexandria, EGmisses — Mars passes 26.3′ from the limb at 17:46+6°dark sky
Algiers, DZmisses — Mars passes 38.3′ from the limb at 16:56+24°daylight, Sun +3°
Ankara, TRmisses — Mars passes 31.7′ from the limb at 17:37+1°dark sky
Antalya, TRmisses — Mars passes 30.3′ from the limb at 17:40+4°dark sky
Antananarivo, MG17:27:01from 17:26:4818:13:45to 18:13:5747 min+17°dark sky
Asunción, PY14:33:09from 14:32:5315:16:03to 15:16:2143 min+27°daylight, Sun +66°
Bamako, MLmisses — Mars passes 22.9′ from the limb at 16:28+52°daylight, Sun +25°
Barcelona, ESmisses — Mars passes 40.8′ from the limb at 16:49+20°daylight, Sun +4°
Beirut, LBmisses — Mars passes 26.3′ from the limb at 17:46+1°dark sky
Belém, BR14:17:39from 14:17:2115:02:25to 15:02:4445 min+24°daylight, Sun +78°
Benin City, NGmisses — Mars passes 14.6′ from the limb at 17:20+44°daylight, Sun +0°
Berlin, DEmisses — Mars passes 43.3′ from the limb at 16:57+6°dusk
Brasília, BR14:16:26from 14:16:1515:29:55to 15:30:0874 min+29°daylight, Sun +77°
Brazzaville, CGmisses — Mars passes 0.9′ from the limb at 17:37+39°dark sky
Bucharest, ROmisses — Mars passes 36.6′ from the limb at 17:26+4°dark sky
Budapest, HUmisses — Mars passes 40.1′ from the limb at 17:13+7°dark sky
Buenos Aires, ARmisses — Mars passes 4.0′ from the limb at 15:05+35°daylight, Sun +62°
Bursa, TRmisses — Mars passes 33.1′ from the limb at 17:34+4°dark sky
Cali, CO14:02:54from 14:02:4514:56:04to 14:56:1453 min-7°daylight, Sun +46°
Camayenne, GNmisses — Mars passes 20.0′ from the limb at 16:02+56°daylight, Sun +37°
Casablanca, MAmisses — Mars passes 37.8′ from the limb at 16:24+31°daylight, Sun +19°
Conakry, GNmisses — Mars passes 20.0′ from the limb at 16:02+56°daylight, Sun +37°
Curitiba, BR14:32:04from 14:31:5115:32:21to 15:32:3660 min+34°daylight, Sun +70°
Córdoba, ARmisses — Mars passes 3.8′ from the limb at 14:58+28°daylight, Sun +62°
Dakar, SNmisses — Mars passes 23.8′ from the limb at 15:44+49°daylight, Sun +43°
Damascus, SYmisses — Mars passes 25.7′ from the limb at 17:47+0°dark sky
Douala, CMmisses — Mars passes 11.0′ from the limb at 17:30+41°dusk
Fortaleza, BR14:40:22from 14:39:4415:06:58to 15:07:3927 min+39°daylight, Sun +84°
Giza, EGmisses — Mars passes 24.9′ from the limb at 17:48+6°dark sky
Goiânia, BR14:16:35from 14:16:2415:28:48to 15:29:0172 min+28°daylight, Sun +75°
Hamburg, DEmisses — Mars passes 44.1′ from the limb at 16:50+7°sunset twilight
Harare, ZW17:10:52from 17:10:4018:18:18to 18:18:2867 min+36°dark sky
Ibadan, NGmisses — Mars passes 16.1′ from the limb at 17:15+46°daylight, Sun +3°
Jeddah, SAmisses — Mars passes 14.5′ from the limb at 17:57+2°dark sky
Kaduna, NGmisses — Mars passes 17.8′ from the limb at 17:24+39°sunset twilight
Kakamega, KE17:38:59from 17:38:4118:17:39to 18:17:5539 min+19°dark sky
Kampala, UG17:40:37from 17:40:1518:14:07to 18:14:2734 min+21°dark sky
Kano, NGmisses — Mars passes 18.7′ from the limb at 17:27+37°sunset twilight
Khartoum, SDmisses — Mars passes 11.9′ from the limb at 17:57+10°dark sky
Konya, TRmisses — Mars passes 30.3′ from the limb at 17:40+2°dark sky
Kumasi, GHmisses — Mars passes 16.9′ from the limb at 16:56+53°daylight, Sun +13°
La Paz, BO14:16:35from 14:16:2315:05:18to 15:05:3149 min+11°daylight, Sun +59°
Lomé, TGmisses — Mars passes 15.7′ from the limb at 17:06+50°daylight, Sun +8°
London, GBmisses — Mars passes 44.8′ from the limb at 16:34+12°daylight, Sun +5°
Lubumbashi, CD17:13:25from 17:13:1218:20:09to 18:20:2167 min+36°dark sky
Lusaka, ZM17:09:39from 17:09:2718:19:16to 18:19:2770 min+38°dark sky
Madinah, SAmisses — Mars passes 16.9′ from the limb at 17:56+0°dark sky
Madrid, ESmisses — Mars passes 41.0′ from the limb at 16:33+24°daylight, Sun +12°
Makkah, SAmisses — Mars passes 14.1′ from the limb at 17:57+1°dark sky
Manaus, BR14:03:58from 14:03:4815:03:46to 15:03:5860 min+11°daylight, Sun +64°
Maracaibo, VE14:11:28from 14:11:1214:43:37to 14:43:5432 min-4°daylight, Sun +50°
Mbuji-Mayi, CD17:22:19from 17:22:0118:12:03to 18:12:1950 min+36°dark sky
Medellín, CO14:04:06from 14:03:5614:53:15to 14:53:2649 min-7°daylight, Sun +47°
Milan, ITmisses — Mars passes 41.4′ from the limb at 17:00+14°sunset twilight
Mogadishu, SO17:37:59from 17:37:4618:23:59to 18:24:1046 min+9°dark sky
Monrovia, LRmisses — Mars passes 17.4′ from the limb at 16:16+59°daylight, Sun +32°
Munich, DEmisses — Mars passes 42.0′ from the limb at 17:01+10°sunset twilight
N'Djamena, TDmisses — Mars passes 16.2′ from the limb at 17:40+30°dark sky
Niamey, NEmisses — Mars passes 22.0′ from the limb at 17:08+43°daylight, Sun +5°
Omdurman, SDmisses — Mars passes 12.0′ from the limb at 17:57+10°dark sky
Onitsha, NGmisses — Mars passes 14.0′ from the limb at 17:23+43°sunset twilight
Ouagadougou, BFmisses — Mars passes 21.9′ from the limb at 16:56+48°daylight, Sun +12°
Paris, FRmisses — Mars passes 43.7′ from the limb at 16:42+14°daylight, Sun +3°
Port Harcourt, NGmisses — Mars passes 12.7′ from the limb at 17:23+44°sunset twilight
Porto Alegre, BR14:46:38from 14:46:1815:24:27to 15:24:5038 min+36°daylight, Sun +66°
Pretoria, ZA17:04:16from 17:04:0218:05:18to 18:05:3161 min+41°dark sky
Rabat, MAmisses — Mars passes 38.0′ from the limb at 16:26+31°daylight, Sun +17°
Recife, BR14:38:26from 14:38:0515:29:51to 15:30:1651 min+44°daylight, Sun +82°
Rome, ITmisses — Mars passes 39.0′ from the limb at 17:11+14°dusk
Salvador, BR14:25:52from 14:25:3815:40:07to 15:40:2374 min+39°daylight, Sun +84°
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO14:16:55from 14:16:4315:10:39to 15:10:5254 min+16°daylight, Sun +63°
Santiago, CLmisses — Mars passes 7.8′ from the limb at 14:58+23°daylight, Sun +56°
Soweto, ZA17:03:46from 17:03:3218:04:09to 18:04:2260 min+42°dusk
Tripoli, LYmisses — Mars passes 33.4′ from the limb at 17:23+19°dusk
Valencia, VE14:14:15from 14:13:5414:40:41to 14:41:0326 min+0°daylight, Sun +54°
Vienna, ATmisses — Mars passes 41.0′ from the limb at 17:08+8°dusk
Warsaw, PLmisses — Mars passes 41.6′ from the limb at 17:08+3°dark sky
Yaoundé, CMmisses — Mars passes 10.1′ from the limb at 17:33+39°dusk
İzmir, TRmisses — Mars passes 32.5′ from the limb at 17:35+6°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 1.0° grid (≈10 km). Mars's own disc (5″ across) is included: partial contacts are the from/to times. The numbers behind this page: mars-2029-10-11.json. Generated 2026-09-11.