January 2028 lunar eclipse

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)
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.

This event will take place near perigee, and as described, such an event is known as a supermoon.

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.

Saros series

It is part of Saros series 115.

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2027–2031
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

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 122.

January 6, 2019	January 16, 2037

See also

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

External links

• 2028 Jan 12 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC