January 2028 lunar eclipse
A partial lunar eclipse will take place on January 12, 2028.[1]
| Partial Lunar Eclipse January 12, 2028 | |
|---|---|
 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 115 (58 of 72) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Partial | 0:56:00 |
| Penumbral | 4:10:41 |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | 2:07:37 UTC |
| U1 | 3:45:00 |
| Greatest | 4:12:57 |
| U4 | 4:41:00 |
| P4 | 6:18:18 |
Visibility
It will be completely visible over Europe, western Africa and the Americas, and will be seen setting over the rest of Africa and western Asia.
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
| Lunar eclipse series sets from 2027–2031 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 110 | 2027 Jul 18 |
Penumbral |
115 | 2028 Jan 12 |
Partial | |
| 120 | 2028 Jul 06 |
Partial |
125 | 2028 Dec 31 |
Total | |
| 130 | 2029 Jun 26 |
Total |
135 | 2029 Dec 20 |
Total | |
| 140 | 2030 Jun 15 |
Partial |
145 | 2030 Dec 09 |
Penumbral | |
| 150 | 2031 Jun 05 |
Penumbral | ||||
| Last set | 2027 Aug 17 | Last set | 2027 Feb 20 | |||
| Next set | 2031 May 07 | Next set | 2031 Oct 30 | |||
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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 122.
| January 6, 2019 | January 16, 2037 |
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See also
- List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
Notes
- Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 115
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- 2028 Jan 12 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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