A total lunar eclipse will take place on Sunday, December 31, 2028. 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

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, and the first total lunar eclipse on New Year's Day in history. The next such eclipse will be on December 2047.

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. Lunar eclipse from moon-2028Dec31

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.

Lunar year series

Saros series

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).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, ''The half-saros'' This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of

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* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of November 19, 2021 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of February 11, 2036

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