Eclipses 2028

Retrograde windows run from the station-retrograde day to the station-direct day, both counted, in UTC — the same windows as the 2028 retrograde calendar.

Eclipses and times of greatest eclipse are computed with astronomy-engine and checked against NASA’s eclipse catalog; see the method.

01When are the eclipses in 2028?

Partial lunar: 12 Jan 2028, 21° Cancer; Annular solar: 26 Jan 2028, 6° Aquarius; Partial lunar: 6 Jul 2028, 15° Capricorn; Total solar: 22 Jul 2028, 29° Cancer; Total lunar: 31 Dec 2028, 10° Cancer. Times of greatest eclipse are on this page, in UTC.

02When is eclipse season in 2028?

5 Jan 2028 to 9 Feb 2028 (north node); 26 Jun 2028 to 3 Aug 2028 (south node); 17 Dec 2028 to 21 Jan 2029 (north node). A season here is every UTC day on which the Sun stands within 18.5° of one of the Moon’s nodes.

03Which planets are retrograde during the 2028 eclipses?

Partial lunar eclipse on 12 Jan: Retrograde that day: Jupiter and Uranus. Annular solar eclipse on 26 Jan: Retrograde that day: Mercury, Jupiter and Uranus. It falls on day 3 of a 22-day Mercury retrograde. Partial lunar eclipse on 6 Jul: Retrograde that day: Pluto. Total solar eclipse on 22 Jul: Retrograde that day: Neptune and Pluto. Total lunar eclipse on 31 Dec: Retrograde that day: Saturn and Uranus.

04What is an eclipse season?

The Moon’s orbit is tilted about five degrees to the Sun’s path, so most new and full moons pass above or below the Sun or Earth’s shadow. Twice a year, for about five weeks, the Sun stands near one of the two points where the orbits cross, the nodes; any new or full moon then is close enough to the node to cast or catch a shadow. Every season has at least two eclipses, a solar and a lunar, and sometimes three.