March 2024 lunar eclipse explained

Type:	penumbral
Date:	25 March 2024
Gamma:	1.0609
Magnitude:	0.9557
Saros Ser:	113
Saros No:	64 of 71
Penumbral:	279 minutes, 9 seconds
P1:	04:53:11
Greatest:	07:12:45
P4:	09:32:18
Previous:	October 2023
Next:	September 2024

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Monday, March 25, 2024. It was visible to the naked eye as 95.57% of the Moon was immersed in Earth's penumbral shadow, making it the deepest penumbral eclipse overall since May 5, 2023, and the deepest for North and South America since February 11, 2017.^[1]

Visibility

It was fully visible from most of the Americas, was rising over Australia and eastern Asia, and set over western parts of Africa and Europe.

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 2024

• A penumbral lunar eclipse on 25 March.
• A total solar eclipse on 8 April.
• A partial lunar eclipse on 18 September.
• An annular solar eclipse on 2 October.

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).^[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 120.

Tritos series

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of April 25, 2013
• Followed: Lunar eclipse of February 22, 2035

Tzolkinex

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of February 11, 2017
• Followed: Lunar eclipse of May 7, 2031

See also

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

External links

• Saros cycle 113

Notes and References

1. http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/gen_stats.cgi?mode=query&page=full&qtype=type&body=L&saros=113 Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 113
2. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros