March 1979 lunar eclipse

A partial lunar eclipse took place on March 13, 1979.

This event followed the total solar eclipse of February 26, 1979.

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1977-1980

Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
112	1977 Apr 04	Partial		117	1977 Sep 27	Penumbral
122	1978 Mar 24	Total		127	1978 Sep 16	Total
132	1979 Mar 13	Partial		137	1979 Sep 06	Total
142	1980 Mar 01	Penumbral		147	1980 Aug 26	Penumbral
Last set	1976 May 13			Last set	1976 Nov 06
Next set	1981 Jan 20			Next set	1980 Jul 27

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

See also

• List of lunar eclipses
• List of 20th century lunar eclipses

Notes

1. ^ Listing of Eclipses of series 132

External links

• 1979 Mar 13 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC