December_2028_lunar_eclipse

December 2028 lunar eclipse

December 2028 lunar eclipse

Astronomical event

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 in December 2047 (though January 2048 for most timezones).

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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

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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.

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See also

Notes

  1. [1]
    Listing of Eclipses of cycle 125
  2. [2]
    Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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