A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Saturday, 3 March 2007, with an umbral magnitude of 1.2347. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring about 2.9 days before apogee (on 6 March 2007, at 22:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
Visibility The eclipse was completely visible over Africa, Europe, and west Asia, seen rising over much of North and South America and setting over much of Asia and Australia.
Hourly motion shown right to leftThe Moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Leo. Visibility map
Images
Gallery + CollagesFrom Leeds, England.Stevenage, EnglandFrom Madrid, SpainFrom Degania A, Israel.Persian Gulf
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular lunar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+3 March 2007 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 2.32076 Umbral Magnitude 1.23474 Gamma 0.31749 Sun Right Ascension 22h57m19.2s Sun Declination -06°40'46.3" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'08.0" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 10h57m52.2s Moon Declination +06°56'00.7" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'51.3" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'31.1" ΔT 65.2 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
+ Eclipse season of March 2007 3 MarchDescending node (full moon) March 19Ascending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 123 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 149
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2007 A total lunar eclipse on 3 March. A partial solar eclipse on March 19. A total lunar eclipse on August 28. A partial solar eclipse on September 11.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 16, 2003 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 21, 2010
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 21, 2000 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 15, 2014
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 26, 1998 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 4, 1996 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 31, 2018
Lunar Saros 123 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 20, 1989 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 14, 2025
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 24, 1978 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 11, 2036
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 3, 1920 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 1, 2094
Lunar eclipses of 2006–2009
Metonic series
Saros 123
Tritos series
Inex series
Half-Saros cycle A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 130.
February 26, 1998March 9, 2016
See also List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
Notes
External links
Hermit eclipse: Total lunar eclipse: 3 March 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 3 March 2007 eclipse as seen from the UK Lunar Eclipse 3/3/2007 Animated sequence