January 2028 lunar eclipse
Partial Lunar Eclipse January 12, 2028 | |
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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 |
A partial lunar eclipse will take place on January 12, 2028.[1]
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[]
Eclipses in 2028[]
- A partial lunar eclipse on Wednesday, 12 January 2028.
- An annular solar eclipse on Wednesday, 26 January 2028.
- A partial lunar eclipse on Thursday, 6 July 2028.
- A total solar eclipse on Saturday, 22 July 2028.
- A total lunar eclipse on Sunday, 31 December 2028.
Lunar year series[]
Lunar eclipse series sets from 2027–2031 | ||||||
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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
Categories:
- 21st-century lunar eclipses
- Future lunar eclipses
- 2028 in science
- Lunar eclipse stubs