March 2024 lunar eclipse
A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on 25 March 2024.
| Penumbral eclipse | |||||||||
| Date | 25 March 2024 | ||||||||
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| Gamma | 1.0609 | ||||||||
| Magnitude | 0.9557 | ||||||||
| Saros cycle | 113 (64 of 71) | ||||||||
| Penumbral | 279 minutes, 9 seconds | ||||||||
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Visibility
It will be fully visible from most of the Americas, will be seen rising over Australia and eastern Asia, and setting over western parts of Africa and Europe.
Related eclipses
Eclipses of 2024
Lunar year series
| Lunar eclipse series sets from 2024–2027 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Date | Type Viewing |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 113 | 2024 Mar 25 |
Penumbral |
118 | 2024 Sep 18 |
Partial | |
| 123 | 2025 Mar 14 |
Total |
128 | 2025 Sep 07 |
Total | |
| 133 | 2026 Mar 03 |
Total |
138 | 2026 Aug 28 |
Partial | |
| 143 | 2027 Feb 20 |
Penumbral |
148 | 2027 Aug 17 |
Penumbral | |
| Last set | 2023 May 05 | Last set | 2023 Oct 28 | |||
| Next set | 2028 Jan 12 | Next set | 2027 Jul 18 | |||
Saros series
It is part of Saros cycle 113.
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 120.
| 20 March 2015 | 30 March 2033 |
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See also
- List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
References
- 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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