March 2007 lunar eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse March 3-4, 2007
The moon in the northern half of the Earth's shadow during totality. Taken at 23:29 UTC
The moon's path through the Earth's northern shadow.
Series (and member)	123 (57 of 73)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality	1:14:12
Partial	4:41:42
Penumbral	6:08:58
Contacts
P1	20:16:29 UTC
U1	21:30:04 UTC
U2	22:43:49 UTC
Greatest	23:20:56 UTC
U3	23:58:01 UTC
U4	01:11:46 UTC
P4	02:25:27 UTC
Eclipse across descending node in Leo

A total lunar eclipse took place on March 3, 2007, the first of two eclipses in 2007. The moon entered the penumbral shadow at 20:18 UTC, and the umbral shadow at 21:30 UTC. The total phase lasted between 22:44 UTC and 23:58 UTC with a distinctive brick-red shade (L=3 to L=4 on the Danjon scale). The moon left the umbra shadow at 01:11 UTC and left the penumbra shadow at 02:24 UTC 2007-03-04.^[1] The second lunar eclipse of 2007 occurred on August 28.^[2][3]

The previous lunar eclipse on September 7, 2006 was partial.

This eclipse is the first of two lunar eclipses to occur in 2007, the second being on 28 August 2007.

Viewing

The whole event was visible from Europe, Africa, parts of South America, and some areas of North America, Asia, and Western Australia. In North America, part of the event was visible at moonrise.

This simulated view of the earth from the center of the moon during the lunar eclipse shows where the eclipse is visible on earth.

Map

Relation to other lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2006–2009

Descending node				Ascending node
Saros # ----- Photo	Date Viewing	Type Chart		Saros # ----- Photo	Date Viewing	Type Chart
113	2006 Mar 14	penumbral		118	2006 Sep 7	partial
123	2007 Mar 03	total		128	2007 Aug 28	total
133	2008 Feb 21	total		138	2008 Aug 16	partial
143	2009 Feb 9	penumbral		148	2009 Aug 06	penumbral
Last set	2005 Apr 24			Last set	2005 Oct 17
Next set	2009 Dec 31			Next set	2009 Jul 07

Metonic cycle (19 years)

The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the earth's shadow will be in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

1988 Mar 03 – Partial (113) 2007 Mar 03 – Total (123) 2026 Mar 03 – Total (133) 2045 Mar 03 – Penumbral (143)	1988 Aug 27 – partial (118) 2007 Aug 28 – total (128) 2026 Aug 28 – partial (138) 2045 Aug 27 – penumbral (148)

Saros series

Lunar saros series 123, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has 25 total lunar eclipses. The first total lunar eclipse of this series was on July 16, 1628, and last will be on April 4, 2061. The two longest occurrence of this series were on September 20, 1736 and October 1, 1754 when totality lasted 106 minutes.^[4]

It last occurred on February 20, 1989 and will next occur on March 14, 2025.

Photo gallery

Collages

From Leeds, England.

From Degania A, Israel.

United Kingdom

Persian gulf

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  From Cambridge, UK.

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  Timelapse movie

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  Timelapse movie

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  Moonrise as a partial eclipse, over Minneapolis, Minnesota

See also

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st century lunar eclipses
• File:2007-03-03_Lunar_Eclipse_Sketch.gif Chart

Notes

1. ^ "Total lunar eclipse of 2007 Mar 03". NASA. 2007-03-03. http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2007Mar03T.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04. 
2. ^ "First Total Lunar Eclipse in 3 Years". KABC-TV (AP). 2007-03-03. http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=nation_world&id=5089676. Retrieved 2007-03-09. 
3. ^ Alexa, Dan Nicolae (2007-03-05). "Total Lunar Eclipse Over, Next One in August 28 This Year". Playfuls.com. http://www.playfuls.com/news_005177_Total_Lunar_Eclipse_Over_Next_One_in_August_28_This_Year.html. Retrieved 2007-03-09. 
4. ^ Listing of Eclipses of cycle 123

External links

• 2007 Mar 03 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
• Hermit eclipse: Total lunar eclipse: March 3, 2007
• NASA Saros series 123
• Photos
  • Photos from the Netherlands lunar eclipse 3 March
  • Flickr: Lunar Eclipse 3/3/2007: pictures of the eclipse, many of which CC-licensed, from Flickr members
  • Live webcast of the total lunar eclipse 3/4 March 2007 by Astronet (The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain)
  • Video of the March 3, 2007 eclipse as seen from the UK
  • Lunar Eclipse 3/3/2007
  • Animated sequence
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