January 2028 lunar eclipse
Appearance
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) |
Gamma | 0.9817 |
Magnitude | 0.0662 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Partial | 0:56:00 |
Penumbral | 4:10:41 |
Contacts UTC | |
P1 | 2:07:37 |
U1 | 3:45:00 |
Greatest | 4:12:57 |
U4 | 4:41:00 |
P4 | 6:18:18 |
A partial lunar eclipse will take place on Wednesday, January 12, 2028.[1]
This event will take place near perigee, and as described, such an event is known as a supermoon.
Visibility
[edit]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
[edit]Eclipses in 2028
[edit]- 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.
Saros series
[edit]It is part of Saros series 115.
Lunar year series
[edit]Lunar eclipse series sets from 2027–2031 | ||||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||||
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
110 | 2027 Jul 18![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
-1.57589 | 115 | 2028 Jan 12![]() |
Partial![]() |
0.98177 | |
120 | 2028 Jul 06![]() |
Partial![]() |
-0.79040 | 125 | 2028 Dec 31![]() |
Total![]() |
0.32583 | |
130 | 2029 Jun 26![]() |
Total![]() |
0.01240 | 135 | 2029 Dec 20![]() |
Total![]() |
-0.38110 | |
140 | 2030 Jun 15![]() |
Partial![]() |
0.75346 | 145 | 2030 Dec 09![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
-1.07315 | |
150 | 2031 Jun 05![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
1.47322 | |||||
Last set | 2027 Aug 17 | Last set | 2027 Feb 20 | |||||
Next set | 2031 May 07 | Next set | 2031 Oct 30 |
Half-Saros cycle
[edit]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
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 115
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
[edit]- 2028 Jan 12 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC