| Type: | total |
| Date: | 28 October 1985 |
| Axis: | 0.3593° |
| Gamma: | 0.35197 |
| Magnitude: | 1.23687 |
| Saros Ser: | 126 |
| Saros No: | 44 of 72 |
| Totality: | 43 minutes, 52.2 seconds |
| Partiality: | 214 minutes, 58.1 seconds |
| Penumbral: | 365 minutes, 8.9 seconds |
| P1: | 14:39:48.7 |
| U1: | 15:54:53.0 |
| U2: | 17:20:26.0 |
| Greatest: | 17:42:22.5 |
| U3: | 18:04:18.2 |
| U4: | 19:29:51.1 |
| P4: | 20:44:57.6 |
| Previous: | May 1985 |
| Next: | April 1986 |
A total lunar eclipse took place on Monday, October 28, 1985, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 1985, the first being on May 4, 1985.[1]
This eclipse is the second of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, October 28–29, each separated by 19 years:
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 133.