A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Friday, March 13, 1998, the first of three lunar eclipses in 1998.
This is the last of four lunar year eclipses at the ascending node of the Moon's orbit.
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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 149.