Viewing from Oceania was favored for the eclipse, because at the moment of greatest eclipse (10:37:22 UTC), the Moon was at the zenith of French Polynesia. The Pacific regions of Canada and the continental United States (including all of Alaska) witnessed the whole event, along with most of eastern Australia, New Zealand and all the Pacific Island regions (except New Guinea), and the tip of the Chukchi Peninsula that includes the town of Uelen, Russia. The majority of the Americas observed an abbreviated eclipse, with moonset occurring at some time during the eclipse. Siberia, far eastern Russia, eastern South Asia, China, the rest of eastern and southeastern Asia, New Guinea, and the rest of Australia missed out on the beginning of the eclipse, because the eclipse occurred at or close to moonrise in those regions.^[2]

Luzon (except Visayas and Mindanao) in the Philippines, particularly Metro Manila, missed the rare eclipse entirely, due to clouds in the area due to the rainy season, which saddened many eclipse watchers in the area, but the eclipse was sighted by other amateur astronomers in other parts of the country as the lunar eclipse seen in clear skies. The eclipse was also missed in New Guinea, especially Port Moresby because of clouds. Greenland, Europe (including western Russia), Africa, western Asia, western Central Asia, and western South Asia missed the eclipse completely.

Map edit

Eclipses of 2007 edit

• A total lunar eclipse on 3 March.
• A partial solar eclipse on 19 March.
• A total lunar eclipse on 28 August.
• A partial solar eclipse on 11 September.

This eclipse at the Moon's ascending node was the second of two lunar eclipses to occur in 2007. The first at the descending node was on 3 March 2007.

Lunar year series edit

Metonic cycle (19 years) edit

The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will be in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

Saros series edit

Lunar saros series 128, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 57 umbral eclipses (42 partial lunar eclipses and 15 total lunar eclipses). Solar Saros 135 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

Lunar Saros 128 contains 15 total lunar eclipses between 1845 and 2097 (in years 1845, 1863, 1881, 1899, 1917, 1935, 1953, 1971, 1989, 2007, 2025, 2043, 2061, 2079 and 2097). Solar Saros 135 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

Half-Saros cycle edit

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[4] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 135.

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  From Nagayo, Nagasaki, 10:33 UTC.
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  A wider angle shows stars around the moon.
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  A full sky view (moon on left) shows the Milky Way (across the center), which is usually invisible under a full moon.
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  From Melbourne, Australia.

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
• File:2007-08-28 Lunar Eclipse Sketch.gif Chart

• NASA, Eclipses of 2007
  • 2007 Aug 28 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • NASA Saros series 128
• Hermit eclipse: Total lunar eclipse: August 28, 2007
• Astronomy magazine: August 23, 2007 central total eclipse
• Photos
  • APOD: August 30 2007
  • Lunar Eclipse Gallery: 28aug07
  • Video of eclipse
  • http://www.starrynightphotos.com/moon/lunar_eclipse_august_2007.htm
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20100114175256/http://echeng.com/journal/images/misc/echeng-full-lunar-eclipse.jpg