| bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2 | Total lunar eclipse December 31, 2028 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| align=center colspan=2 | Ecliptic north up The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0 | 125 (49 of 72) | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0 | 0.3258 | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0 | 1.2463 | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#c0b0e0 colspan=2 | Duration (hr:mn:sc) | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 | Totality | 1:11:20 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | Partial | 3:28:49 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | Penumbral | 5:36:13 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#a0d0e0 colspan=2 | Contacts (UTC) | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P1 | 14:03:49 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U1 | 15:07:35 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 | U2 | 16:16:19 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#a0a0e0 | Greatest | 16:51:58 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 | U3 | 17:27:40 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U4 | 18:36:24 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P4 | 19:40:02 |
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.
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.
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 132.