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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 56 min, dark sky Ajmer: hidden 54 min, dark sky Akola: hidden 27 min, dark sky Allahabad: hidden 56 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 by 0.1′ Ayodhya: hidden 58 min, dark sky Balasore: hidden 48 min, dark sky Bangalore: misses by 5.5′ Bankura: hidden 53 min, dark sky Bareilly: hidden 61 min, dark sky Bauxar: hidden 57 min, dark sky Belgaon: misses by 4.0′ 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 by 2.7′ Bikaner: hidden 58 min, dusk Bilaspur: hidden 46 min, dark sky Bokaro: hidden 53 min, dark sky Cannanore: misses by 7.3′ Champa: hidden 46 min, dark sky Chandigarh: hidden 65 min, dark sky Chennai: misses by 4.3′ Chittoor (A.P.): misses by 4.7′ Chittorgarh: hidden 48 min, dark sky Cochin: misses by 8.7′ Coimbatore: misses by 7.5′ Cooch Bihar: hidden 58 min, dark sky Cuddalore: misses by 5.7′ 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 by 0.8′ Durg: hidden 40 min, dark sky Dwarka: misses by 0.1′ 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 64 min, dark sky Hassan: misses by 6.0′ Hubli: misses by 4.2′ Hyderabad: misses by 1.2′ 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 by 9.9′ Kavalur: misses by 5.3′ Kharagpur: hidden 51 min, dark sky Kohima: hidden 58 min, dark sky Kolhapur: misses by 3.3′ Kolkata: hidden 52 min, dark sky Koraput: hidden 29 min, dark sky Kota: hidden 51 min, dark sky Kozhikode: misses by 7.7′ Kurnool: misses by 2.7′ Lucknow: hidden 58 min, dark sky Ludhiana: hidden 65 min, dusk Machilipatnam: misses by 1.2′ Madurai: misses by 8.0′ Mangalore: misses by 6.5′ 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 by 1.7′ Murshidabad: hidden 55 min, dark sky Mussoorie: hidden 64 min, dark sky Muzaffarpur: hidden 58 min, dark sky Mysore: misses by 6.4′ Nagpur: hidden 36 min, dark sky Nainital: hidden 63 min, dark sky Nalgonda: misses by 1.2′ Nashik: misses by 0.5′ Nellore: misses by 3.2′ Nowgong: hidden 58 min, dark sky Panaji: misses by 4.6′ 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 by 5.5′ Port Blair: misses by 0.7′ Pune: misses by 1.8′ Puri: hidden 41 min, dark sky Raipur: hidden 41 min, dark sky Rajkot: hidden 20 min, dark sky Rameswaram: misses by 8.1′ Ranchi: hidden 52 min, dark sky Roorkee: hidden 63 min, dark sky Rourkela: hidden 49 min, dark sky Salem: misses by 6.4′ Shillong: hidden 58 min, dark sky Shimla: hidden 65 min, dark sky Silchar: hidden 57 min, dark sky Sriharikota: misses by 3.8′ Srinagar: hidden 69 min, dusk Surat: hidden 12 min, dark sky Thanjavur: misses by 6.8′ Tezpur: hidden 59 min, dark sky Thiruvananthapuram: misses by 9.7′ Tiruchirappalli: misses by 7.0′ Tirupati: misses by 4.2′ 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 by 4.9′ Vijayawada: misses by 1.1′ Visakhapatnam: hidden 21 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, Alcyone misses: from Dwarka it passes 0.1′ outside the Moon. Right on the line it grazes, blinking behind lunar mountains. The solid line uses the Moon's real, mountainous edge. It lies -5.2 to +1.4 km from the smooth-sphere line (dotted).

In the violet area the Sun has set, so the reappearance is in a darkening sky.

Tap the map to set your location; pinch it to zoom in. Take the graze line with you: KML for Google Earth / Maps · GPX for a phone GPS app.

At the Moon's edge

Alcyone's path across the Moon from your location. North up, east 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.

Advanced · graze profile against the real lunar limb

For graze chasers. The Moon's real edge as you see it, from LRO LOLA terrain, with Alcyone's track for six minutes around each contact. Where the track dips below the terrain, Alcyone is hidden; near a graze it blinks behind peaks.

City by city

Times are against the real lunar limb (LRO LOLA terrain at each city's own libration). Disappears: Alcyone is fully hidden (it starts sliding in at the earlier time). Reappears: the first sliver returns. Where to look: the Moon's height (0° horizon, 90° overhead), its direction, and whether the Sun is up.

CityAlcyone disappears (IST)reappears (IST)hiddenWhere to look
Srinagar19:27:18from 19:27:1820:35:57to 20:35:5769 min41° up in the W · dusk
Delhi19:38:43from 19:38:4320:39:51to 20:39:5161 min36° up in the W · dark sky
Jaipur19:41:43from 19:41:4320:38:11to 20:38:1156 min36° up in the WNW · dark sky
Lucknow19:44:21from 19:44:2120:42:42to 20:42:4258 min31° up in the WNW · dark sky
Varanasi19:48:12from 19:48:1220:43:55to 20:43:5556 min28° up in the WNW · dark sky
Guwahati19:48:51from 19:48:5120:47:05to 20:47:0558 min21° up in the WNW · dark sky
Bhopal19:52:28from 19:52:2820:36:57to 20:36:5744 min32° up in the WNW · dark sky
Ujjain19:52:49from 19:52:4920:34:23to 20:34:2342 min33° up in the WNW · dark sky
Ahmedabad19:53:51from 19:53:5120:27:59to 20:27:5934 min36° up in the WNW · dark sky
Kolkata19:54:24from 19:54:2420:46:24to 20:46:2452 min21° up in the WNW · dark sky
Nagpur19:59:45from 19:59:4520:35:50to 20:35:5036 min28° up in the WNW · dark sky
Chennaimisses by 4.3′ (closest at 20:24)19° up in the WNW · dark sky
Hyderabadmisses by 1.2′ (closest at 20:20)23° up in the WNW · dark sky
Mumbaimisses by 1.7′ (closest at 20:14)30° up in the WNW · dark sky
Punemisses by 1.8′ (closest at 20:16)28° up in the WNW · dark sky
Thiruvananthapurammisses by 9.7′ (closest at 20:24)20° up in the WNW · dark sky
All 130 other cities
CityAlcyone disappears (IST)reappears (IST)hiddenWhere to look
Agartala19:52:10from 19:52:1020:47:37to 20:47:3755 min20° up in the WNW · dark sky
Agra19:42:17from 19:42:1720:40:26to 20:40:2658 min34° up in the WNW · dark sky
Aizawl19:52:24from 19:52:2420:47:56to 20:47:5656 min18° up in the WNW · dark sky
Ajmer19:42:16from 19:42:1620:36:37to 20:36:3754 min37° up in the WNW · dark sky
Akola20:03:13from 20:03:1320:30:31to 20:30:3127 min29° up in the WNW · dark sky
Allahabad19:47:39from 19:47:3920:43:09to 20:43:0956 min29° up in the WNW · dark sky
Almora19:38:35from 19:38:3520:41:29to 20:41:2963 min34° up in the W · dark sky
Ambala19:35:07from 19:35:0720:39:17to 20:39:1764 min37° up in the W · dark sky
Amritsar19:31:14from 19:31:1420:37:24to 20:37:2466 min40° up in the W · dusk
Anand19:56:14from 19:56:1420:27:22to 20:27:2231 min35° up in the WNW · dark sky
Asansol19:52:09from 19:52:0920:45:59to 20:45:5954 min23° up in the WNW · dark sky
Aurangabadmisses by 0.1′ (closest at 20:16)27° up in the WNW · dark sky
Ayodhya19:44:58from 19:44:5820:43:30to 20:43:3058 min30° up in the WNW · dark sky
Balasore19:56:47from 19:56:4720:45:02to 20:45:0248 min22° up in the WNW · dark sky
Bangaloremisses by 5.5′ (closest at 20:22)22° up in the WNW · dark sky
Bankura19:53:04from 19:53:0420:45:55to 20:45:5553 min23° up in the WNW · dark sky
Bareilly19:40:36from 19:40:3620:41:34to 20:41:3461 min34° up in the WNW · dark sky
Bauxar19:47:58from 19:47:5820:44:34to 20:44:3457 min27° up in the WNW · dark sky
Belgaonmisses by 4.0′ (closest at 20:18)26° up in the WNW · dark sky
Berhampur20:03:27from 20:03:2720:40:35to 20:40:3537 min22° up in the WNW · dark sky
Bhagalpur19:49:14from 19:49:1420:46:04to 20:46:0457 min24° up in the WNW · dark sky
Bharatpur19:41:57from 19:41:5720:39:59to 20:39:5958 min35° up in the WNW · dark sky
Bhavnagar20:02:20from 20:02:2020:21:27to 20:21:2719 min34° up in the WNW · dark sky
Bhubaneswar19:59:58from 19:59:5820:43:03to 20:43:0343 min22° up in the WNW · dark sky
Bhuj19:53:58from 19:53:5820:21:28to 20:21:2828 min38° up in the WNW · dusk
Bijapurmisses by 2.7′ (closest at 20:18)26° up in the WNW · dark sky
Bikaner19:37:25from 19:37:2520:35:54to 20:35:5458 min40° up in the W · dusk
Bilaspur19:55:47from 19:55:4720:41:20to 20:41:2046 min26° up in the WNW · dark sky
Bokaro19:52:08from 19:52:0820:45:32to 20:45:3253 min24° up in the WNW · dark sky
Cannanoremisses by 7.3′ (closest at 20:21)24° up in the WNW · dark sky
Champa19:55:52from 19:55:5220:41:50to 20:41:5046 min26° up in the WNW · dark sky
Chandigarh19:34:29from 19:34:2920:39:11to 20:39:1165 min38° up in the W · dark sky
Chittoor (A.P.)misses by 4.7′ (closest at 20:23)20° up in the WNW · dark sky
Chittorgarh19:46:45from 19:46:4520:35:07to 20:35:0748 min36° up in the WNW · dark sky
Cochinmisses by 8.7′ (closest at 20:22)22° up in the WNW · dark sky
Coimbatoremisses by 7.5′ (closest at 20:23)21° up in the WNW · dark sky
Cooch Bihar19:48:06from 19:48:0620:46:37to 20:46:3758 min23° up in the WNW · dark sky
Cuddaloremisses by 5.7′ (closest at 20:24)19° up in the WNW · dark sky
Cuttack19:59:28from 19:59:2820:43:20to 20:43:2044 min22° up in the WNW · dark sky
Darjeeling19:46:43from 19:46:4320:46:05to 20:46:0559 min24° up in the WNW · dark sky
Dehradun19:36:11from 19:36:1120:40:11to 20:40:1164 min36° up in the W · dark sky
Dhanbad19:51:54from 19:51:5420:45:43to 20:45:4354 min24° up in the WNW · dark sky
Diamond Harbour19:55:10from 19:55:1020:46:08to 20:46:0851 min21° up in the WNW · dark sky
Dibrugarh19:47:53from 19:47:5320:46:33to 20:46:3359 min18° up in the WNW · dark sky
Dimapur19:49:31from 19:49:3120:47:21to 20:47:2158 min19° up in the WNW · dark sky
Diumisses by 0.8′ (closest at 20:11)33° up in the WNW · dark sky
Durg19:58:46from 19:58:4620:39:08to 20:39:0840 min26° up in the WNW · dark sky
Dwarkamisses by 0.1′ (closest at 20:07)36° up in the WNW · dark sky
Etawah19:43:38from 19:43:3820:41:13to 20:41:1358 min33° up in the WNW · dark sky
Faizabad19:44:59from 19:44:5920:43:28to 20:43:2858 min30° up in the WNW · dark sky
Ferozpur19:32:18from 19:32:1820:37:25to 20:37:2565 min40° up in the W · dusk
Gandhinagar19:53:04from 19:53:0420:28:41to 20:28:4136 min36° up in the WNW · dark sky
Gangtok19:46:25from 19:46:2520:46:02to 20:46:0260 min24° up in the WNW · dark sky
Gaya19:49:43from 19:49:4320:45:06to 20:45:0655 min26° up in the WNW · dark sky
Gopalpur20:03:34from 20:03:3420:40:38to 20:40:3837 min21° up in the WNW · dark sky
Gorakhpur19:45:28from 19:45:2820:44:13to 20:44:1359 min29° up in the WNW · dark sky
Gulmarg19:26:54from 19:26:5420:35:41to 20:35:4169 min42° up in the W · dusk
Gurgaon19:38:57from 19:38:5720:39:44to 20:39:4461 min36° up in the W · dark sky
Gwalior19:44:34from 19:44:3420:40:17to 20:40:1756 min33° up in the WNW · dark sky
Haridwar19:36:57from 19:36:5720:40:25to 20:40:2564 min36° up in the W · dark sky
Hassanmisses by 6.0′ (closest at 20:21)23° up in the WNW · dark sky
Hublimisses by 4.2′ (closest at 20:19)25° up in the WNW · dark sky
Imphal19:50:57from 19:50:5720:47:46to 20:47:4657 min18° up in the WNW · dark sky
Indore19:54:34from 19:54:3420:33:41to 20:33:4139 min32° up in the WNW · dark sky
Itanagar19:48:03from 19:48:0320:46:48to 20:46:4859 min20° up in the WNW · dark sky
Jabalpur19:52:46from 19:52:4620:40:07to 20:40:0747 min29° up in the WNW · dark sky
Jaisalmer19:38:45from 19:38:4520:32:00to 20:32:0053 min41° up in the W · dusk
Jalandhar19:32:25from 19:32:2520:38:03to 20:38:0366 min39° up in the W · dusk
Jalpaiguri19:47:40from 19:47:4020:46:23to 20:46:2359 min24° up in the WNW · dark sky
Jammu19:29:23from 19:29:2320:36:50to 20:36:5068 min40° up in the W · dusk
Jamshedpur19:53:55from 19:53:5520:45:14to 20:45:1451 min23° up in the WNW · dark sky
Jhansi19:46:32from 19:46:3220:40:18to 20:40:1854 min32° up in the WNW · dark sky
Jodhpur19:42:00from 19:42:0020:34:21to 20:34:2152 min38° up in the WNW · dusk
Jorhat19:48:34from 19:48:3420:46:59to 20:46:5958 min19° up in the WNW · dark sky
Kanpur19:44:56from 19:44:5620:42:13to 20:42:1357 min31° up in the WNW · dark sky
Kanyakumarimisses by 9.9′ (closest at 20:24)19° up in the WNW · dark sky
Kavalurmisses by 5.3′ (closest at 20:23)20° up in the WNW · dark sky
Kharagpur19:54:52from 19:54:5220:45:40to 20:45:4051 min22° up in the WNW · dark sky
Kohima19:49:51from 19:49:5120:47:27to 20:47:2758 min18° up in the WNW · dark sky
Kolhapurmisses by 3.3′ (closest at 20:17)27° up in the WNW · dark sky
Koraput20:06:59from 20:06:5920:36:22to 20:36:2229 min22° up in the WNW · dark sky
Kota19:46:12from 19:46:1220:37:08to 20:37:0851 min35° up in the WNW · dark sky
Kozhikodemisses by 7.7′ (closest at 20:22)23° up in the WNW · dark sky
Kurnoolmisses by 2.7′ (closest at 20:21)22° up in the WNW · dark sky
Ludhiana19:33:25from 19:33:2520:38:27to 20:38:2765 min39° up in the W · dusk
Machilipatnammisses by 1.2′ (closest at 20:22)20° up in the WNW · dark sky
Maduraimisses by 8.0′ (closest at 20:24)20° up in the WNW · dark sky
Mangaloremisses by 6.5′ (closest at 20:20)24° up in the WNW · dark sky
Mathura19:41:25from 19:41:2520:40:12to 20:40:1259 min35° up in the WNW · dark sky
Meerut19:38:20from 19:38:2020:40:13to 20:40:1362 min36° up in the W · dark sky
Midnapore19:54:42from 19:54:4220:45:44to 20:45:4451 min22° up in the WNW · dark sky
Mount Abu19:47:13from 19:47:1320:31:45to 20:31:4544 min37° up in the WNW · dark sky
Murshidabad19:51:21from 19:51:2120:46:36to 20:46:3655 min22° up in the WNW · dark sky
Mussoorie19:35:57from 19:35:5720:40:09to 20:40:0964 min36° up in the W · dark sky
Muzaffarpur19:47:18from 19:47:1820:45:17to 20:45:1758 min26° up in the WNW · dark sky
Mysoremisses by 6.4′ (closest at 20:22)22° up in the WNW · dark sky
Nainital19:38:49from 19:38:4920:41:26to 20:41:2663 min34° up in the W · dark sky
Nalgondamisses by 1.2′ (closest at 20:21)22° up in the WNW · dark sky
Nashikmisses by 0.5′ (closest at 20:14)29° up in the WNW · dark sky
Nelloremisses by 3.2′ (closest at 20:23)20° up in the WNW · dark sky
Nowgong19:48:46from 19:48:4620:47:05to 20:47:0558 min20° up in the WNW · dark sky
Panajimisses by 4.6′ (closest at 20:17)27° up in the WNW · dark sky
Pantnagar19:39:26from 19:39:2620:41:32to 20:41:3262 min34° up in the W · dark sky
Paradeep19:59:41from 19:59:4120:43:50to 20:43:5044 min21° up in the WNW · dark sky
Pathankot19:30:52from 19:30:5220:37:39to 20:37:3967 min39° up in the W · dusk
Patna19:48:10from 19:48:1020:45:12to 20:45:1257 min26° up in the WNW · dark sky
Pondicherrymisses by 5.5′ (closest at 20:24)19° up in the WNW · dark sky
Port Blairmisses by 0.7′ (closest at 20:28)6° up (low) in the WNW · dark sky
Puri20:01:21from 20:01:2120:42:29to 20:42:2941 min21° up in the WNW · dark sky
Raipur19:58:25from 19:58:2520:39:41to 20:39:4141 min26° up in the WNW · dark sky
Rajkot19:59:54from 19:59:5420:20:05to 20:20:0520 min36° up in the WNW · dark sky
Rameswarammisses by 8.1′ (closest at 20:25)18° up in the WNW · dark sky
Ranchi19:52:44from 19:52:4420:44:52to 20:44:5252 min25° up in the WNW · dark sky
Roorkee19:36:55from 19:36:5520:40:15to 20:40:1563 min36° up in the W · dark sky
Rourkela19:55:10from 19:55:1020:43:59to 20:43:5949 min24° up in the WNW · dark sky
Salemmisses by 6.4′ (closest at 20:23)20° up in the WNW · dark sky
Shillong19:49:40from 19:49:4020:47:19to 20:47:1958 min20° up in the WNW · dark sky
Shimla19:34:07from 19:34:0720:39:18to 20:39:1865 min37° up in the W · dark sky
Silchar19:50:51from 19:50:5120:47:40to 20:47:4057 min19° up in the WNW · dark sky
Sriharikotamisses by 3.8′ (closest at 20:23)19° up in the WNW · dark sky
Surat20:07:01from 20:07:0120:19:20to 20:19:2012 min32° up in the WNW · dark sky
Tezpur19:48:23from 19:48:2320:46:59to 20:46:5959 min20° up in the WNW · dark sky
Thanjavurmisses by 6.8′ (closest at 20:24)19° up in the WNW · dark sky
Tiruchirappallimisses by 7.0′ (closest at 20:24)19° up in the WNW · dark sky
Tirupatimisses by 4.2′ (closest at 20:23)20° up in the WNW · dark sky
Udaipur19:47:32from 19:47:3220:33:21to 20:33:2146 min36° up in the WNW · dark sky
Vadodara19:57:29from 19:57:2920:27:07to 20:27:0730 min34° up in the WNW · dark sky
Velloremisses by 4.9′ (closest at 20:23)20° up in the WNW · dark sky
Vijayawadamisses by 1.1′ (closest at 20:22)20° up in the WNW · dark sky
Visakhapatnam20:12:05from 20:12:0520:33:30to 20:33:3021 min20° up in the WNW · dark sky

How to watch

Method & accuracy

Positions from the JPL DE431 ephemeris (Skyfield), ΔT = 69.1 s. City times and the solid limit line use the real lunar limb: LRO LOLA terrain (LDEM_64, ~0.5 km) as each observer sees it. That changes times by a few seconds, or tens of seconds near a graze. The any-location solver in your browser and the shaded region still use the mean sphere of 1737.4 km (±2 s). 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 2026-09-14.