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January 12, 2028 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Sinxondo, Lesotho

Jan 12, 2028 at 5:10 am
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Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Sinxondo
Begins: Wed, Jan 12, 2028 at 4:07 am
Maximum: Wed, Jan 12, 2028 at 5:10 am -0.242 Magnitude
Ends: Wed, Jan 12, 2028 at 5:17 am
Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes

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January 12, 2028 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — Sinxondo

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:07 am Wed, Jan 12
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction Northwest 306°
11.4°
5:10 am Wed, Jan 12
Maximum in Sinxondo This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Sinxondo. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Sinxondo because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.
Map direction West-northwest 297°
0.8°
5:17 am Wed, Jan 12SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West-northwest 296°
-0.2°
5:45 am Wed, Jan 12Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 293°
-6.0°
6:13 am Wed, Jan 12Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 290°
-11.3°
6:41 am Wed, Jan 12Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 287°
-16.7°
8:18 am Wed, Jan 12Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 277°
-36.1°

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Sinxondo

Eclipse Visibility From SinxondoVisibility Worldwide
Feb 17, 2026 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 6, 2027 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 12, 2028 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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