March 1997 lunar eclipse

Partial lunar eclipse at 4:45 UT
The moon passes right to left through the northern edge of umbral shadow.

A partial lunar eclipse took place on March 24, 1997, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1997.

This partial lunar eclipse is nearly total, however it occurred 3 days after the lunar apogee, so the umbral shadow is smaller.

Visibility

This eclipse was completely visible from North and South America, and visible setting over Western Europe and Africa.

This simulated view of the earth from the moon at greatest eclipse shows the visibility.

Related eclipses

Lunar year series

This is the third of four lunar year eclipses at the descending node of the moon's orbit.

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.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1995-1998
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros
Photo		 Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart		 Saros
Photo		 Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart
112 1995 Apr 15
 Partial
 117 1995 Oct 08
 Penumbral
122 1996 Apr 04
 Total
 127 1996 Sep 27
 Total
132
 1997 Mar 24
 Partial
 137 1997 Sep 16
 Total
142 1998 Mar 13
 Penumbral
 147 1998 Sep 06
 Penumbral
Last set 1994 May 25 Last set 1994 Nov 18
Next set 1999 Jan 31 Next set 1998 Aug 08

Saros series

Lunar saros series 132, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 12 total lunar eclipses.

Greatest First

The greatest eclipse of the series on 2123 Jun 9 will last 106 minutes.[1]		 Penumbral Partial Total Central
1492 May 12
 1636 Aug 16
 2015 Apr 4
 2069 May 6
Last
Central Total Partial Penumbral
2177 Jul 11
 2213 Aug 2
 2429 Dec 11
 2754 Jun 26

There are 11 series events between 1901 and 2100, grouped into threes (called an exeligmos), each column with approximately the same viewing longitude on earth.

1901–2100
1907 Jan 29 1925 Feb 8 1943 Feb 20
1961 Mar 2 1979 Mar 13 1997 Mar 24
2015 Apr 4 2033 Apr 14 2051 Apr 26
2069 May 6 2087 May 17

Inex series

The inex series repeats eclipses 20 days short of 29 years, repeating on average every 10571.95 days. This period is equal to 358 lunations (synodic months) and 388.5 draconic months. Saros series increment by one on successive Inex events and repeat at alternate ascending and descending lunar nodes.

This period is 383.6734 anomalistic months (the period of the Moon's elliptical orbital precession). Despite the average 0.05 time-of-day shift between subsequent events, the variation of the Moon in its elliptical orbit at each event causes the actual eclipse time to vary significantly.

Series events from 1500–2500
Descending node Ascending node Descending node Ascending node
Saros Date
Chart		 Saros Date
Chart		 Saros Date
Chart		 Saros Date
Chart
115 1505 Feb 18
 116 1534 Jan 30
 117 1563 Jan 9 118 1591 Dec 30
119 1620 Dec 9 120 1649 Nov 19 121 1678 Oct 29 122 1707 Oct 11
123 1736 Sep 20 124 1765 Aug 30 125 1794 Aug 11 126 1823 Jul 23
127 1852 Jul 1 128 1881 Jun 12 129 1910 May 24
 130 1939 May 3
131 1968 Apr 13
 132 1997 Mar 24
 133 2026 Mar 3
 134 2055 Feb 11
135 2084 Jan 22
 136 2113 Jan 2 137 2141 Dec 13 138 2170 Nov 23
139 2199 Nov 2 140 2228 Oct 14 141 2257 Sep 24 142 2286 Sep 3
143 2315 Aug 16 144 2344 Jul 26 145 2373 Jul 5 146 2402 Jun 16
147 2431 May 27 148 2460 May 5
 149 2489 Apr 16

Gallery

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See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Listing of Eclipses of series 132

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