December 2028 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse will take place on December 31, 2028. It will occur during a blue moon and is the first such eclipse since 2009.

Total lunar eclipse
December 31, 2028
Ecliptic north up

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Saros (and member)125 (49 of 72)
Gamma0.3258
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality1:11:20
Partial3:28:49
Penumbral5:36:13
Contacts (UTC)
P114:03:49
U115:07:35
U216:16:19
Greatest16:51:58
U317:27:40
U418:36:24
P419:40:02

Visibility

It will be completely visible over Asia and western Australia, will be seen rising over other areas of Africa and Europe, and setting over eastern Australia and New Zealand.

Lunar year series

Saros series

Lunar saros series 125, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has 26 total lunar eclipses. The first was on June 17, 1704 and the last will be on March 19, 2155. The longest totality occurrence of this series (7th) was on August 22, 1812 when totality lasted one hour and 42 minutes.[1]

This is the 19th of 26 total lunar eclipses in series 125. The previous occurrence was on December 21, 2010 and the next will occur on January 12, 2047.

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 132.

December 26, 2019 January 5, 2038

See also

Notes
  1. Listing of Eclipses of cycle 125
  2. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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