Partial lunar eclipse

Partial lunar eclipse January 12, 2028: A small bite out of the January Moon

Wednesday, January 12, 2028, 04:13

Only seven per cent of the disc reaches the umbra. If you don’t know an eclipse is on, you will hardly notice it.

Where it can be seen

The whole eclipse is above the horizon in London: 03:45 to 04:42, greatest at 04:13 local time.

Facts

Saros series: 115 (58 of 72)
Umbral magnitude: 0.06787
Duration of the partial phase: 57 minutes
Special feature: also a supermoon — the full Moon is 360,266 km away

Source: Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com · AstroPixels. Times for Europe/London.

The day in the planting calendar

This is how January 12, 2028 looks in the biodynamic planting calendar, calculated for the Europe/London time zone.

Day type: Flower day
Moon in the constellation: Gemini
Moon phase: Full Moon
Moon’s path: descending

Flowers, broccoli, artichokes — everything that blooms.

Unfavourable times on this day

Eclipse: 02:06–06:20
Lunar node: 16:40–24:00
Perigee (Moon closest to Earth): 19:46–24:00

Trines on this day

Uranus and Pluto: Root day, 17:39–24:00

The days before and after

If you want to move the work, here are the neighbouring days with day type and constellation.

Sunday, January 9, 2028Root day(Taurus)
Monday, January 10, 2028Root day(Taurus)
Tuesday, January 11, 2028Flower day(Gemini)
Thursday, January 13, 2028Leaf day(Cancer, with an unfavourable time)
Friday, January 14, 2028Fruit day(Leo)
Saturday, January 15, 2028Fruit day(Leo)

What it means for sowing and planting

In the biodynamic calendar a lunar eclipse is an unfavourable time. Its whole duration is blocked, from the Moon entering the penumbra until it leaves it, even if the Moon sets or rises in the meantime where you live. No sowing and no planting during that time. Before and after, the day type applies. A lunar eclipse always falls on a full moon.

Frequently asked questions

Can I sow and plant on January 12, 2028?

The Moon stands mostly in front of Gemini; it is a flower day. Unfavourable: Eclipse 02:06–06:20; Lunar node 16:40–24:00; Perigee (Moon closest to Earth) 19:46–24:00. Outside that time the day suits everything that belongs to a flower day. Flowers, broccoli, artichokes — everything that blooms.

When is the next event of this kind?

Partial lunar eclipse on July 6, 2028, 19:20: Partial lunar eclipse on a summer evening.

Can it be seen from the UK and Ireland?