March 2045 lunar eclipse

March 2045 lunar eclipse
Penumbral eclipse
Date	3 March 2045
Gamma	-1.0274
Magnitude	0.9623
Saros cycle	143 (19 of 72)
Penumbral	243 minutes 57 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	05:39:58
Greatest	07:43:26
P4	09:43:55
	← September 2044 August 2045 →

A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on March 3, 2045.

Visibility[]

Related lunar eclipses[]

Lunar year series[]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2042-2045
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
Descending node			Ascending node
113	2042 Apr 05	Penumbral	118	2042 Sep 29	Penumbral
123	2043 Mar 25	Total	128	2043 Sep 19	Total
133	2044 Mar 13	Total	138	2044 Sep 07	Total
143	2045 Mar 03	Penumbral	148	2045 Aug 27	Penumbral

Last set	2041 May 16		Last set	2042 Nov 08

Next set	2046 Jan 22		Next set	2046 Jul 18

Metonic series[]

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)

Half-Saros cycle[]

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[3] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 150.

February 27, 2036	March 9, 2054

Notes[]

^ For a partial or total lunar eclipse, this value denotes the umbral magnitude. For a penumbral lunar eclipse, this denotes the penumbral magnitude.
^ Lunar Saros 143 - Fred Espenak and Jean Meeus (NASA's GSFC)
^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros