August 2072 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse will take place on August 28, 2072.

Visibility

It will be completely visible over North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia, seen rising over Europe, Africa, and Asia and setting over North America. In South America the eclipse will be not visible over invisible.

Related lunar eclipses

Inex

Preceded: Lunar eclipse of September 19, 2043

Followed: Lunar eclipse of August 9, 2101

Tritos

Preceded: Lunar eclipse of September 29, 2061

Followed: Lunar eclipse of July 29, 2083

Tzolkinex

Preceded: Lunar eclipse of July 17, 2065

Followed: Lunar eclipse of October 10, 2079

Triad

Preceded: Lunar eclipse of October 28, 1985

Followed: Lunar eclipse of June 30, 2159

Octon (1/5 of Metonic Cycle)

Preceded: Lunar eclipse of November 9, 2068

Followed: Lunar eclipse of June 17, 2076

Related lunar eclipses

Saros series

Lunar saros series 129, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, containing 71 events, has 11 total lunar eclipses. The first total lunar eclipse of this series was on May 24, 1910, and last will be on September 8, 2090. The longest occurrence of this series was on July 16, 2000 when totality lasted 106 minutes and 24.6 seconds.

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 2000 Jul 16, lasting 106 minutes.	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	1351 Jun 10	1513 Sep 15	1910 May 24	1946 Jun 14
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	2036 Aug 7	2090 Sep 8	2469 Apr 26	2613 Jul 24

It last occurred on August 18, 2054 and will next occur on September 8, 2090.

This is the 40th member of Lunar Saros 129. The previous event was the August 2036 lunar eclipse. The next event is the August 2072 lunar eclipse. Lunar Saros 129 contains 11 total lunar eclipses between 1910 and 2090. Solar Saros 136 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 136.