A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Friday, March 3, 2045, with an umbral magnitude of −0.0148. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's penumbra. 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. Occurring about 1.8 days after perigee (on March 1, 2045, at 13:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
Visibility The eclipse will be completely visible over North and South America, seen rising over northeast Asia and eastern Australia and setting over west Africa and western Europe.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular lunar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+March 3, 2045 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 0.96431 Umbral Magnitude −0.01482 Gamma −1.02738 Sun Right Ascension 22h57m49.1s Sun Declination -06°37'35.6" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'08.1" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 10h55m51.5s Moon Declination +05°42'46.0" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'28.7" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'28.6" ΔT 82.1 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 February–March 2045 February 16Ascending node (new moon) March 3Descending node (full moon) Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 131 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 143
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2045 An annular solar eclipse on February 16. A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 3. A total solar eclipse on August 12. A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 27.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 16, 2041 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 20, 2048
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 21, 2038 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 14, 2052
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 27, 2036 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2054
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 3, 2034 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 1, 2056
Lunar Saros 143 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 20, 2027 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 14, 2063
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 23, 2016 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 11, 2074
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 3, 1958 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 2, 2132
Lunar eclipses of 2042–2045
Metonic series
Saros 143
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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 150.
February 27, 2036March 9, 2054
See also List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
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