When are the 2024 lunar and solar eclipses?
Four eclipses occur during 2024.
Unfortunately the two solar eclipses that do occur are not visible from Australia. Information about the 9 April 2024 total solar eclipse and the 3 October 2024 annular solar eclipse can be found here on the NASA Solar Eclipse Website.
The first of 2024’s lunar eclipses is a penumbral (25 March 2024) eclipse and will not be visible. This is firstly due to the eclipse starting as the Moon is below the horizon and then being low on the horizon during evening twilight. The Moon only goes through the faintest outer part of the Earth’s shadow meaning that such eclipses are often difficult to see under ideal circumstances. The second partial lunar eclipse is not visible from Australia when it occurs on 18 September 2024. Information on these eclipses can be found on the NASA Lunar Eclipse Website.