Lunar eclipse · Wednesday, January 12, 2028
Partial lunar eclipse of January 12, 2028
Earth’s shadow covers part of the Moon, up to 3%: it looks like a dark bite taken out of it for 58 min. From Spain you can see all of it, with maximum at 5:13 (Spanish time).
- Type
- Partial
- Maximum
- 4:13 UT; 5:13 in mainland Spain
- Partial phase
- 58 min
- Including the penumbra
- 4 h 11 min
- From Spain
- Fully visible
From your location
Calculating…
From each city
Time of maximum in each place’s local time, and the Moon’s altitude at that moment. "Partly": the Moon rises or sets during the main phase.
| City | Visible | Maximum | Moon altitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid (Spain) | Fully | 5:13 | 38° |
| Barcelona (Spain) | Fully | 5:13 | 34° |
| Seville (Spain) | Fully | 5:13 | 40° |
| Las Palmas (Spain) | Fully | 4:13 | 48° |
| Mexico City (Mexico) | Fully | 22:13 | 54° |
| Miami (United States) | Fully | 23:13 | 72° |
| Bogotá (Colombia) | Fully | 23:13 | 68° |
| Caracas (Venezuela) | Fully | 0:13 | 76° |
| Lima (Peru) | Fully | 23:13 | 51° |
| Santiago (Chile) | Fully | 1:13 | 32° |
| Buenos Aires (Argentina) | Fully | 1:13 | 32° |
| Montevideo (Uruguay) | Fully | 1:13 | 31° |
| London (United Kingdom) | Fully | 4:13 | 35° |
| New York (United States) | Fully | 23:13 | 69° |
| Cairo (Egypt) | Partly | 6:13 | 8° |
| Cape Town (South Africa) | No | — | — |
| New Delhi (India) | No | — | — |
| Beijing (China) | No | — | — |
| Tokyo (Japan) | No | — | — |
| Sydney (Australia) | No | — | — |
| Auckland (New Zealand) | No | — | — |
The phases
| Phase | Universal Time | Mainland Spain |
|---|---|---|
| Starts (penumbral) | 2:07 | 3:07 |
| Partial phase begins | 3:43 | 4:43 |
| Maximum | 4:13 | 5:13 |
| Partial phase ends | 4:42 | 5:42 |
| Ends (penumbral) | 6:18 | 7:18 |
How to watch it
With the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, completely safely. The shadow’s bite is easy to see with the naked eye; with binoculars you’ll make out the fuzzy edge of the shadow and, during totality, the reddish color.
How to photograph it
- A 300 mm or longer telephoto lens, or a telescope, ideally on a tracking mount: during totality you need exposures of several seconds.
- The exposure changes a lot. The full Moon at ISO 100 and f/8 is around 1/250 s; the shadowed part needs more and more, and during totality, 1 to 4 s at ISO 800 or 1600. Bracket your exposures so you don’t miss it.
- For a sequence composite, leave a wide-angle framing fixed and shoot every 5 minutes: the Moon crosses the frame through its phases.
Frequently asked questions
Will the January 12, 2028 lunar eclipse be visible from Spain?
From Spain you can see all of it, with maximum at 5:13 (Spanish time).
What time is it?
Maximum is at 4:13 Universal Time (5:13 in mainland Spain). The table has the time for each city and, above, the time for your location.
Is it safe to look at?
Yes. A lunar eclipse is perfectly safe to watch with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope: the Moon just gets darker.
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT) for the center of each city. It doesn’t take your horizon or the clouds into account. Times in 24-hour format: UT is Universal Time; Spanish time is CET in winter (UT+1) and CEST in summer (UT+2).