en July 2028 lunar eclipse

July 2028 lunar eclipse
Partial eclipse
	The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left
Date	July 6, 2028
Gamma	−0.7904
Magnitude	0.3908
Saros cycle	120 (59 of 84)
Partiality	141 minutes, 30 seconds
Penumbral	310 minutes, 38 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	15:44:21
U1	17:08:51
Greatest	18:19:41
U4	19:30:21
P4	20:54:59
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A partial lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Thursday, July 6, 2028,^[1] with an umbral magnitude of 0.3908. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A partial lunar eclipse occurs when one part of the Moon is in the Earth's umbra, while the other part is in the Earth's penumbra. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. Occurring about 4 days before apogee (on July 11, 2028, at 18:25 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.^[2]

Visibility

The eclipse will be completely visible over east Africa, Asia, Antarctica, and Australia, seen rising over west and central Africa and Europe and setting over the central Pacific Ocean.^[3]

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.^[4]

July 6, 2028 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter	Value
Penumbral Magnitude	1.42819
Umbral Magnitude	0.39083
Gamma	−0.79040
Sun Right Ascension	07h05m56.7s
Sun Declination	+22°34'16.5"
Sun Semi-Diameter	15'43.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	08.6"
Moon Right Ascension	19h06m37.0s
Moon Declination	-23°17'16.4"
Moon Semi-Diameter	15'09.9"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	0°55'39.4"
ΔT	73.2 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

Eclipse season of July 2028
July 6 Ascending node (full moon)	July 22 Descending node (new moon)

Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 120	Total solar eclipse Solar Saros 146

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2028

Lunar eclipses of 2027–2031

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.^[5]

The penumbral lunar eclipses on February 20, 2027 and August 17, 2027 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the penumbral lunar eclipses on May 7, 2031 and October 30, 2031 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2027 to 2031
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
110	2027 Jul 18	Penumbral	−1.5759	115	2028 Jan 12	Partial	0.9818
120	2028 Jul 06	Partial	−0.7904	125	2028 Dec 31	Total	0.3258
130	2029 Jun 26	Total	0.0124	135	2029 Dec 20	Total	−0.3811
140	2030 Jun 15	Partial	0.7535	145	2030 Dec 09	Penumbral	−1.0732
150	2031 Jun 05	Penumbral	1.4732

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[6] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 127.