March 2043 lunar eclipse explained

Type:total
Date:25 March 2043
Gamma:0.3849
Magnitude:1.1142[1]
Saros Ser:123
Saros No:54 of 72[2]
Cat Year:2001
Cat No:LE2043Mar25T
Totality:53 minutes 24 seconds
Partiality:214 minutes 37 seconds
Penumbral:359 minutes 16 seconds
P1:11:30:59
U1:12:43:16
U2:14:03:53
Greatest:14:30:36
U3:14:57:17
U4:16:17:53
P4:17:30:15
Previous:October 2042
Next:September 2043

A total lunar eclipse will take place on March 25, 2043.

This lunar eclipse is the first of a tetrad, four total lunar eclipses in series. The last series was in 2032 and 2033, starting with an April 2032 lunar eclipse. The next tetrad series is in 2050 and 2051, starting with the May 2050 lunar eclipse.

Related lunar eclipses

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[3] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 130.

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See also

References

  1. For a partial or total lunar eclipse, this value denotes the umbral magnitude. For a penumbral lunar eclipse, this denotes the penumbral magnitude.
  2. https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEsaros/LEsaros123.html Lunar Saros 123 - Fred Espenak and Jean Meeus (NASA's GSFC)
  3. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros