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Moon Total Lunar Eclipse2028-12-31UpcomingNASA Saros 134

Total Lunar Eclipse of 2028-12-31

New Year's Eve total lunar eclipse — Moon enters Earth's deep umbra for over an hour. Visible across most of the Old World. The eclipse is in mid-progress at New Year midnight UTC.

End-of-year total lunar eclipse — totality is in mid-progress at midnight UTC on New Year's, making it visible across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia at the year transition.

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Peak in your local time: 2028-12-31T16:53:15Z

Peak UTC

16:53:15

2028-12-31

Magnitude

1.245

Moon diameter

Max duration

1h 11m

totality

Saros

#134

39 of 71

Gamma

0.316

Shadow axis (Earth-radii)

Visibility band

Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia, western Australia

Visible from

United KingdomFranceGermanyItalySpainEgyptSaudi ArabiaRussiaIndiaChinaJapanAustralia

Watch the eclipse from

Cities from the WorldClockTools clock catalog that fall in the visibility band. Each link goes to the local clock page for that city.

Central viewing

Astronomical context

NASA Saros series
Saros 134 - 39 of 71
Magnitude (NASA)
1.245 - fraction of Moon diameter eclipsed
Gamma
0.3157 - shadow-axis offset from Earth's center (Earth-radii)
Max central duration
1h 11m

Frequently asked questions

Where will the total lunar eclipse of 2028-12-31 be visible?
New Year's Eve total lunar eclipse — Moon enters Earth's deep umbra for over an hour. Visible across most of the Old World. The eclipse is in mid-progress at New Year midnight UTC. Partial phases are visible from United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Egypt, and 6 more.
What time will the 2028-12-31 total lunar eclipse reach greatest eclipse?
Greatest eclipse occurs at 16:53 UTC on 2028-12-31 (Coordinated Universal Time). To convert to local time for your city, the conversion uses the IANA timezone for that locale — the WorldClockTools eclipse-calendar page surfaces the conversion automatically for any of the listed cities.
How deep is the partial phase of the 2028-12-31 eclipse?
Maximum umbral phase lasts 1h 11m (NASA).
When is the next lunar eclipse after the 2028-12-31 total lunar eclipse?
The next lunar eclipse after 2028-12-31 is the total lunar eclipse on 2029-06-26 (03:23 UTC). It will be visible from americas, europe, africa.
Do I need any special equipment to watch the 2028-12-31 total lunar eclipse?
No — lunar eclipses are entirely safe to view with the naked eye. The Moon is illuminated by sunlight scattered through Earth's atmosphere, so even at greatest eclipse it is no brighter than a full Moon at perigee.
What is the Saros series for the 2028-12-31 total lunar eclipse?
Total Lunar Eclipse of 2028-12-31 is member 39 of 71 of NASA Saros series 134. Each Saros series produces an eclipse every 18 years 11 days, with successive members shifted roughly 120 degrees west in longitude. Saros series typically span 12 to 15 centuries and contain 70 to 80 eclipses each.

Eclipse data depth

What the total lunar eclipse entry signals

A compact read of the NASA catalog row: Saros context, magnitude / obscuration math, path geometry, and the city / country cross-references that pair total lunar eclipse with WorldClockTools local-clock pages.

Saros series context

Total Lunar Eclipse 2028-12-31 is member 39 of 71 of NASA Saros series 134. Each Saros member repeats roughly every 18 years 11 days, shifted ~120 degrees west, so adjacent members in the same series land on different continents.

Magnitude and obscuration

Magnitude is 1.245 (Moon diameter eclipsed). Obscuration figures are not in the current catalog cut for this event.

Duration on the central line

Maximum umbral duration is 1h 11m as published by NASA.

Path and visibility footprint

Visible from united kingdom, france, germany, italy, spain, and egypt, and 6 more.

City cross-references

Cross-referenced cities in the WorldClockTools catalog that fall in the path or partial band: Madrid, Cairo, Moscow, Istanbul, and Mumbai. Each city has its own clock page; pairing the eclipse time with the local clock gives the immediate local-time answer.

Gamma and geometry

Gamma is 0.3157 — the lateral distance of the Moon from Earth's umbral center at greatest eclipse, in Earth-radii. Lower |gamma| means a deeper, longer totality; near-zero values produce the maximum umbral duration.

What is notable

End-of-year total lunar eclipse — totality is in mid-progress at midnight UTC on New Year's, making it visible across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia at the year transition.

Catalog handoff

Next lunar eclipse handoff: total lunar eclipse 2029 06 26. Next eclipse of any kind: partial solar eclipse 2029 01 14. The full eclipse calendar lists 14 upcoming events.

Editorial dossier

No editorial dossier is attached; the page renders programmatic NASA-derived facts only, with no curated commentary.
Eclipse predictions are deterministic from JPL ephemerides — but local circumstances (exact path edge, sun altitude, weather) change with the kilometer. The NASA interactive map linked below gives precise local circumstances for any coordinates.

Data source: NASA / JPL

Eclipse data from NASA/JPL — Fred Espenak & Jean Meeus, Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses and Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses (NASA Technical Publications NASA/TP–2006-214141 and NASA/TP–2009-214172). Public domain; re-published here with attribution.

NASA page for this eclipse (path map & circumstances)eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov

Greatest eclipse: December 31, 2028 at 16:53 UTC

Other upcoming eclipses