Cancer
1st house · self and image
A lunar eclipse in your first house brings your identity or direction to a head. Release an old way of presenting yourself.
January 12, 2028 · ♋︎ Cancer · Saros 115
Partial Lunar Eclipse in Cancer
Data
| Maximum | 12 January 2028, 04:13 UTC (04:14 TD) Your time: |
|---|---|
| Type | Partial At maximum 3% of the Moon’s disc is in the umbra (umbral magnitude 0.066). |
| Full moon | 12 January 2028, 04:03 UTC Moon at 21°27' Cancer, Sun in Capricorn |
| Saros 115 | Previous: 31 December 2009, partial, 10°15' Cancer Next: 22 January 2046, partial, 2°39' Leo |
| Lunar node | 11.5° from the south node Mean North Node 2°55' Aquarius, South Node 2°55' Leo |
| Season | Annular Solar Eclipse, 14 days later |
| Moon overhead | 22.8°N, 61.0°W At maximum; the closer you are, the higher the Moon |
| Phases (UTC) | Penumbral 02:07–06:18 Partial 03:43–04:42 |
The sky at maximum
Sun 21°27' Capricorn · Moon 21°33' Cancer · Mercury 8°58' Aquarius · Venus 28°37' Aquarius · Mars 6°40' Aquarius · Jupiter 27°30' Virgo · Saturn 21°21' Aries · Uranus 6°21' Gemini R · Neptune 4°04' Aries · Pluto 6°17' Aquarius
The Moon is 360,243 km away, 33.2′ across against the Sun’s 32.5′.
Within 5° of the eclipse degree: Saturn square (orb 0°06').
No planet from Mercury to Saturn crosses 21°27' Cancer in the following six months.
Where it can be seen
| City | Moon’s altitude at maximum; rise or set (UTC) |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 38° |
| Mexico City | 54° |
| New York | 69° |
| Bogotá | 68° |
| Lima | 51° |
| Buenos Aires | 32° |
| Madrid | 38° |
| London | 35° |
| Cairo | 8° |
Not visible from the other 5 of the 14 cities checked.
What it means for your sign
Whole-sign houses counted from Cancer, using your sun sign (or rising sign).
Capricorn
7th house · partnerships
A lunar eclipse in your seventh house brings a relationship or partnership to a head. Honesty matters more than being right.
| Sign | House |
|---|---|
| ♈︎ Aries | 4 |
| ♉︎ Taurus | 3 |
| ♊︎ Gemini | 2 |
| ♌︎ Leo | 12 |
| ♍︎ Virgo | 11 |
| ♎︎ Libra | 10 |
| ♏︎ Scorpio | 9 |
| ♐︎ Sagittarius | 8 |
| ♒︎ Aquarius | 6 |
| ♓︎ Pisces | 5 |
Your free chart: the exact house from your rising sign.