A total

lunar eclipse A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Eart ...

took place on 3 March 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 Danjon scale is a five-point scale useful for measuring the appearance and luminosity of the Moon during a total lunar eclipse. It was proposed by André-Louis Danjon in 1921, when postulating that the brightness of a lunar eclipse was relat ...

). The moon left the umbra shadow at 01:11 UTC and left the penumbra shadow at 02:24 UTC 2007-03-04. The second lunar eclipse of 2007 occurred on 28 August.

Eclipse Season An eclipse season is the period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Eclipse seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of the Moon's tilted orbital plane ( tilted five degrees to the Earth's orbital plane), just as Earth's we ...

This is the first eclipse this season. Second eclipse this season: 19 March 2007 Partial Solar Eclipse

Lunar eclipses

The previous lunar eclipse on 7 September 2006 was partial. This eclipse is the first of two lunar eclipses to occur in 2007, the second being on 28 August 2007. The tables below contain detailed predictions and additional information on the Total Lunar Eclipse of 3 March 2007. Penumbral Magnitude = 2.31882 Umbral Magnitude = 1.23280 Gamma = 0.31749 Greatest Eclipse = 03 Mar 2007 23:20:53.5 UTC (23:21:58.7 TD) Sun right ascension = 22 hours, 57 minutes, 19.2 seconds Sun declination = 6 degrees, 40 minutes, 46.3 seconds south of Celestial Equator Sun diameter = 1936.0 arcseconds Moon right ascension = 10 hours, 57 minutes, 52.2 seconds Moon declination = 6 degrees, 56 minutes, 0.7 seconds north of Celestial Equator Moon diameter = 1782.6 arcseconds Earth's shadow right ascension = 10 hours, 57 minutes, 19.2 seconds Earth's shadow declination = 6 degrees, 40 minutes, 46.3 seconds north of Celestial Equator Totality duration = 1 hour, 13 minutes, 21.3 seconds Umbral duration = 3 hours, 41 minutes, 5.6 seconds Total duration = 6 hours, 5 minutes, 31.3 seconds

Viewing

The whole event was visible from

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, parts of

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, and some areas of North America,

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, and

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. In North America, part of the event was visible at moonrise.

Map

Relation to other lunar eclipses

Eclipses of 2007

* A total lunar eclipse on 3 March. * A partial solar eclipse on 19 March. * A total lunar eclipse on 28 August. * A partial solar eclipse on 11 September.

Lunar year series

Metonic cycle (19 years)

Saros series

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

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.

Photo gallery

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, UK, 23:52 UTC Image:Mondfinsternis 030307.jpg, From

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, 23:53 UTC Image:Lunar Eclipse 2007-03-04 00.01am (RLH).jpg, From Huddersfield, UK, 0:01 UTC Image:Eclipse20070304-2.JPG, From Kirchberg, St. Gallen, 0:15 UTC Image:LunarEclipse20070303CRH.JPG, From

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Image:Thomas Knoblauch - Lunar Eclipse small-43img (pd).gif, Timelapse movie in Bülach, Switzerland Image:ComputerHotline - Lunar eclipse of 2007 March 3 animation (by).gif, Timelapse movie in

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, France Image:Yasmapaz - Eclipse lunar March 3, 2007 (by-sa).jpg, Humacao, Puerto Rico, 07:43 EST Image:Eclipse as seen from Candelero Arriba, Humacao, Puerto Rico.jpg, Humacao, Puerto Rico, 08:30:16 EST

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External links

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Hermit eclipse: Total lunar eclipse: March 3, 2007
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Flickr: Lunar Eclipse 3/3/2007
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Live webcast of the total lunar eclipse 3/4 March 2007 by Astronet (The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain)
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Video of the March 3, 2007 eclipse as seen from the UK
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