March 2007 lunar eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse 3–4 March 2007
The moon in the northern part of the Earth's umbral shadow during totality at 23:31 UTC from Denmark
The moon's path through the Earth's northern shadow.
Series (and member)	123 (57 of 73)
Gamma	0.31749
Magnitude	1.23280
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality	1:13:21
Partial	3:41:04
Penumbral	6:05:26
Contacts (UTC)
P1	20:18:11 (3 Mar)
U1	21:30:20 (3 Mar)
U2	22:44:12 (3 Mar)
Greatest	23:20:53 (3 Mar)
U3	23:57:33 (3 Mar)
U4	01:11:24 (4 Mar)
P4	02:23:37 (4 Mar)
The moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Leo

A total lunar eclipse took place on 3 March 2007, the first of two eclipses in 2007. The moon entered the penumbral shadow at 20:18 UTC, and the umbral shadow at 21:30 UTC. The total phase lasted between 22:44 UTC and 23:58 UTC with a distinctive brick-red shade (L=3 to L=4 on the Danjon scale). The moon left the umbra shadow at 01:11 UTC and left the penumbra shadow at 02:24 UTC 2007-03-04. The second lunar eclipse of 2007 occurred on 28 August.

Eclipse Season[]

This is the first eclipse this season.

Second eclipse this season: 19 March 2007 Partial Solar Eclipse

Lunar eclipses[]

The previous lunar eclipse on 7 September 2006 was partial.

This eclipse is the first of two lunar eclipses to occur in 2007, the second being on 28 August 2007. The tables below contain detailed predictions and additional information on the Total Lunar Eclipse of 3 March 2007.

Penumbral Magnitude = 2.31882

Umbral Magnitude = 1.23280

Gamma = 0.31749

Greatest Eclipse = 03 Mar 2007 23:20:53.5 UTC (23:21:58.7 TD)

Sun right ascension = 22 hours, 57 minutes, 19.2 seconds

Sun declination = 6 degrees, 40 minutes, 46.3 seconds south of Celestial Equator

Sun diameter = 1936.0 arcseconds

Moon right ascension = 10 hours, 57 minutes, 52.2 seconds

Moon declination = 6 degrees, 56 minutes, 0.7 seconds north of Celestial Equator

Moon diameter = 1782.6 arcseconds

Earth's shadow right ascension = 10 hours, 57 minutes, 19.2 seconds

Earth's shadow declination = 6 degrees, 40 minutes, 46.3 seconds north of Celestial Equator

Totality duration = 1 hour, 13 minutes, 21.3 seconds

Umbral duration = 3 hours, 41 minutes, 5.6 seconds

Total duration = 6 hours, 5 minutes, 31.3 seconds

Viewing[]

The whole event was visible from Europe, Africa, parts of South America, and some areas of North America, Asia, and Western Australia. In North America, part of the event was visible at moonrise.

This simulated view of the earth from the center of the moon during the lunar eclipse shows where the eclipse is visible on earth.

Map[]

NASA chart of the eclipse

Relation to other lunar eclipses[]

Eclipses of 2007[]

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.

Lunar year series[]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2006–2009
Descending node				Ascending node
Saros # and photo	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros # and photo	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
113	2006 Mar 14	penumbral	1.0211	118	2006 Sep 7	partial	-0.9262
123	2007 Mar 03	total	0.3175	128	2007 Aug 28	total	-0.2146
133	2008 Feb 21	total	-0.3992	138	2008 Aug 16	partial	0.5646
143	2009 Feb 09	penumbral	-1.0640	148	2009 Aug 06	penumbral	1.3572

Last set	2005 Apr 24			Last set	2005 Oct 17

Next set	2009 Dec 31			Next set	2009 Jul 07

Metonic cycle (19 years)[]

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.

1988 Mar 03.675 – Partial (113) 2007 Mar 03.972 – Total (123) 2026 Mar 03.481 – Total (133) 2045 Mar 03.320 – Penumbral (143)	1988 Aug 27.461 – partial (118) 2007 Aug 28.442 – total (128) 2026 Aug 28.175 – partial (138) 2045 Aug 27.578 – penumbral (148)

Saros series[]

Lunar saros series 123, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has 25 total lunar eclipses. The first total lunar eclipse of this series was on , and last will be on . The two longest occurrence of this series were on and when totality lasted 106 minutes.

It last occurred on 20 February 1989 and will next occur on 14 March 2025.

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 130.