March 2024 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on 25 March 2024.

March 2024 lunar eclipse
Penumbral eclipse
Date25 March 2024
Gamma1.0609
Magnitude0.9557
Saros cycle113 (64 of 71)
Penumbral279 minutes, 9 seconds

Visibility

It will be fully visible from most of the Americas, will be seen rising over Australia and eastern Asia, and setting over western parts of Africa and Europe.

Eclipses of 2024

Lunar year series

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

20 March 2015 30 March 2033

See also

References

  1. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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