December 2028 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse will take place on Sunday, December 31, 2028 (January 1, 2029 for Eastern Asian and Australian timezones). It will occur during a blue moon and is the first such eclipse to happen on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day since December 2009, and the first total lunar eclipse on New Year's Day in history. The next such eclipse will be on December 2047 (though January 2048 for most timezones).

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
Magnitude1.2463
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.

Eclipses in 2028

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

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

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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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