March 2007 lunar eclipse

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Total Lunar Eclipse March 3-4, 2007
The moon in the northern half of the earth's shadow during totality. Taken at 23:29 UTC
The moon's path through the earth's northern shadow.
Series (and member)	123 (57 of 73)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality	1:14:12
Partial	4:41:42
Penumbral	6:08:58
Contacts
P1	20:16:29 UTC
U1	21:30:04 UTC
U2	22:43:49 UTC
Greatest	23:20:56 UTC
U3	23:58:01 UTC
U4	01:11:46 UTC
P4	02:25:27 UTC
Eclipse across descending node in Leo

A total lunar eclipse took place on March 3, 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.^[1] The second lunar eclipse of 2007 occurred on August 28.^[2]^[3]

The previous lunar eclipse on September 7, 2006 was partial.

1 Viewing
2 Relation to other lunar eclipses
- 2.1 Lunar year and Metonic cycles (354 days and 19 years)
3 Photo gallery
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] Relation to other lunar eclipses

This eclipse is the first of two lunar eclipses to occur in 2007, the second being on 28 August 2007.

This eclipse is in the Saros cycle series 123, repeating every 18 years and 11 days. It last occurred on August 17, 1989 and will next occur on September 7, 2025. The first total lunar eclipse of this series was on July 16, 1628, and last will be on April 4, 2061. The two longest occurrence of this series were on September 20, 1736 and October 1, 1754 when totality lasted 106 minutes.^[4]

[edit] Lunar year and Metonic cycles (354 days and 19 years)

This eclipse is the one of two short-lived parallel series:

The lunar year series repeats after 12 lunations or 354 days (Shifting back about 10 days in sequential years). Because of the date shift, the earth's shadow will be about 11 degrees west in sequential events.
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 in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

March 14, 2006 - partial (Saros 113) March 3, 2007 - total (Saros 123) February 21, 2008 - total (Saros 133) February 9, 2009 - penumbral (Saros 143)	March 3, 1988 - Partial (Saros 113) March 3, 2007 - Total (Saros 123) March 3, 2026 - Total (Saros 133) March 3, 2045 - Penumbral (Saros 143)

These charts show the moon's path through the earth's shadow near its descending node. The path progresses southward through each sequential eclipse. The second and third are total.

[edit] Photo gallery

From Leeds, England.
United Kingdom

Persian gulf
Partially eclipse moon after totality.	Moonrise as a partial eclipse, over Minneapolis
Time lapse movie of the 3 March 2007 lunar eclipse	seen from Cambridge, UK.