January 2048 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse will take place on January 1, 2048. It will be the first recorded lunar eclipse to be visible on New Year's Day for nearly all of Earth's timezones. The next such eclipse will occur in 2094.

January 2048 lunar eclipse

Total eclipse
Date	1 January 2048
Gamma	−0.3745
Magnitude	1.1280[1]
Saros cycle	135 (25 of 71[2])
Totality	55 minutes 56 seconds
Partiality	214 minutes 16 seconds
Penumbral	359 minutes 26 seconds
Contacts (UTC) P1 03:52:39 U1 05:05:17 U2 06:24:27 Greatest 06:52:24 U3 07:20:23 U4 08:39:33 P4 09:52:05
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Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2046-2049

Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
115	2046 Jan 22	Partial		120	2046 Jul 18	Partial
125	2047 Jan 12	Total		130	2047 Jul 07	Total
135	2048 Jan 01	Total		140	2048 Jun 26	Partial
145	2048 Dec 20	Penumbral		150	2049 Jun 15	Penumbral
Last set	2045 Aug 27			Last set	2045 Mar 03
Next set	2049 Nov 09			Next set	2049 May 17

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[3] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 142.

December 26, 2038	January 5, 2057

Tzolkinex

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of November 18, 2040

• Followed: Lunar eclipse of February 11, 2055

See also

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

References

1. For a partial or total lunar eclipse, this value denotes the umbral magnitude. For a penumbral lunar eclipse, this denotes the penumbral magnitude.
2. Lunar Saros 135 - Fred Espenak's GSFC Eclipse Canon
3. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

External links

• 2048 Jan 01 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC