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March 2024 lunar eclipse

Penumbral eclipse
From Richmond, Virginia, 7:18 UTC
Date	March 25, 2024
Gamma	1.0609
Magnitude	−0.1304
Saros cycle	113 (64 of 71)
Penumbral	279 minutes, 9 seconds
Contacts (UTC) P1 04:53:11 Greatest 07:12:45 P4 09:32:18
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A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Monday, March 25, 2024, with an umbral magnitude of −0.1304. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's penumbra. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. Occurring about 2.2 days after apogee (on March 23, 2024, at 11:45 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

This was the deepest penumbral eclipse overall since May 5, 2023, and the deepest for North and South America since February 11, 2017.

Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over North and South America, seen rising over eastern Australia and northeast Asia and setting over west Africa and western Europe.

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

Eclipse season of March–April 2024

March 25 Descending node (full moon)	April 8 Ascending node (new moon)
Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 113	Total solar eclipse Solar Saros 139

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2024

• A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 25.
• A total solar eclipse on April 8.
• A partial lunar eclipse on September 18.
• An annular solar eclipse on October 2.

Metonic

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 5, 2020
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 12, 2028

Tzolkinex

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 11, 2017
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 7, 2031

Half-Saros

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2033

Tritos

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 25, 2013
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 22, 2035

Lunar Saros 113

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 14, 2006
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 5, 2042

Inex

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 15, 1995
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 4, 2053

Triad

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 25, 1937
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 25, 2111

Lunar eclipses of 2024–2027

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.

The penumbral lunar eclipse on July 18, 2027 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2024 to 2027
Descending node					Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
113	2024 Mar 25	Penumbral	1.0610		118	2024 Sep 18	Partial	−0.9792
123	2025 Mar 14	Total	0.3485		128	2025 Sep 07	Total	−0.2752
133	2026 Mar 03	Total	−0.3765		138	2026 Aug 28	Partial	0.4964
143	2027 Feb 20	Penumbral	−1.0480		148	2027 Aug 17	Penumbral	1.2797

Saros 113

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 113, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on April 29, 888 AD. It contains partial eclipses from July 14, 1014 through March 10, 1411; total eclipses from March 20, 1429 through August 7, 1645; and a second set of partial eclipses from August 18, 1663 through February 21, 1970. The series ends at member 71 as a penumbral eclipse on June 10, 2150.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 38 at 103 minutes, 6 seconds on June 5, 1555. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1555 Jun 05, lasting 103 minutes, 6 seconds.	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	888 Apr 29	1014 Jul 14	1429 Mar 20	1483 Apr 22
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	1609 Jul 16	1645 Aug 07	1970 Feb 21	2150 Jun 10

Eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

Series members 52–71 occur between 1801 and 2150:
52		53		54
1807 Nov 15		1825 Nov 25		1843 Dec 07
55		56		57
1861 Dec 17		1879 Dec 28		1898 Jan 08
58		59		60
1916 Jan 20		1934 Jan 30		1952 Feb 11
61		62		63
1970 Feb 21		1988 Mar 03		2006 Mar 14
64		65		66
2024 Mar 25		2042 Apr 05		2060 Apr 15
67		68		69
2078 Apr 27		2096 May 07		2114 May 19
70		71
2132 May 30		2150 Jun 10

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 120.

March 20, 2015	March 30, 2033

See also

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

References

1. "March 24–25, 2024 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
2. "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
3. Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 113
4. "Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 2024 Mar 25" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
5. "Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 2024 Mar 25". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
6. van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
7. "NASA - Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 113". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
8. Listing of Eclipses of series 113
9. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

External links

• Saros cycle 113
• 2024 Mar 25 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC

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