July 2028 lunar eclipse

Partial Lunar Eclipse July 6, 2028
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series	120 (59 of 84)
Gamma	-0.7903
Magnitude	0.3892
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial	2:21:30
Penumbral	5:10:38
Contacts
P1	15:44:21 UTC
U1	17:08:51
Greatest	18:19:41
U4	19:30:21
P4	20:54:59

A partial lunar eclipse will take place on Thursday, July 6, 2028.^[1]

Visibility edit

It will be completely visible over much of Asia, Australia, and eastern Africa, and will be seen rising over the rest of Africa and eastern Europe.

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.

Lunar year series edit

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

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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 127.