August 2026 lunar eclipse

Partial Lunar Eclipse August 28, 2026
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series	138 (30 of 83)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial	3:18:07
Penumbral	5:37:46
Contacts
P1	1:23:55 UTC
U1	2:33;48
Greatest	4:12:49
U4	5:51:55
P4	7:01:41

A partial lunar eclipse will take place on August 28, 2026. The moon will be almost be inside the umbra, but not quite be contained within the umbral shadow at greatest eclipse.

This lunar eclipse follows the total solar eclipse of 12 August 2026.

Visibility[]

It will be completely visible over South and eastern North America, will be seen rising over the rest of North America, and setting over Africa and Europe.

Related eclipses[]

Eclipses in 2026[]

An annular solar eclipse on 17 February.
A total lunar eclipse on 3 March.
A total solar eclipse on 12 August.
A partial lunar eclipse on 28 August.

Lunar year series[]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2024–2027
Descending node			Ascending node
Saros	Date	Type Viewing	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
113	2024 Mar 25	Penumbral	118	2024 Sep 18	Partial
123	2025 Mar 14	Total	128	2025 Sep 07	Total
133	2026 Mar 03	Total	138	2026 Aug 28	Partial
143	2027 Feb 20	Penumbral	148	2027 Aug 17	Penumbral

Last set	2023 May 05		Last set	2023 Oct 28

Next set	2028 Jan 12		Next set	2027 Jul 18

Saros series[]

Lunar saros series 138 has 26 total eclipses between September 7, 2044 and March 24, 2369. The longest eclipse will be on January 7, 2243, and last for 102 minutes.

Partial eclipses will occur between June 24, 1918 and August 13, 2603. Penumbral eclipses will occur between October 15, 1521 and March 30, 2982. ^[1]

Metonic series[]

The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the earth's shadow will be in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

1988 Mar 03.675 – Partial (113) 2007 Mar 03.972 – Total (123) 2026 Mar 03.481 – Total (133) 2045 Mar 03.320 – Penumbral (143)	1988 Aug 27.461 – partial (118) 2007 Aug 28.442 – total (128) 2026 Aug 28.175 – partial (138) 2045 Aug 27.578 – penumbral (148)

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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 145.