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A penumbral
lunar eclipse A lunar eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, ...
occurred at the Moon’s
ascending node An orbital node is either of the two points where an orbit intersects a plane of reference to which it is inclined. A non-inclined orbit, which is contained in the reference plane, has no nodes. Planes of reference Common planes of referenc ...
of orbit on Saturday, March 1, 1980, with an umbral
magnitude Magnitude may refer to: Mathematics *Euclidean vector, a quantity defined by both its magnitude and its direction *Magnitude (mathematics), the relative size of an object *Norm (mathematics), a term for the size or length of a vector *Order of ...
of −0.4404. A lunar eclipse occurs when the
Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It Orbit of the Moon, orbits around Earth at Lunar distance, an average distance of (; about 30 times Earth diameter, Earth's diameter). The Moon rotation, rotates, with a rotation period (lunar ...
moves into the
Earth's shadow Earth's shadow (or Earth shadow) is the shadow that Earth itself casts through its atmosphere and into outer space, toward the antisolar point. During the twilight period (both early dusk and late dawn), the shadow's visible fringe – someti ...
, 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 A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs approximately every six months, during the eclipse season i ...
, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the
night Night, or nighttime, is the period of darkness when the Sun is below the horizon. Sunlight illuminates one side of the Earth, leaving the other in darkness. The opposite of nighttime is daytime. Earth's rotation causes the appearance of ...
side of Earth. Occurring about 1.6 days before
apogee An apsis (; ) is the farthest or nearest point in the orbit of a planetary body about its primary body. The line of apsides (also called apse line, or major axis of the orbit) is the line connecting the two extreme values. Apsides perta ...
(on March 3, 1980, at 10:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.


Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over
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,
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, and much of
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, seen rising over northeastern
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and eastern
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and setting over
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and
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.


Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.


Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an
eclipse season An eclipse season is a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Eclipse seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of the Orbit of the Moon, Moon's orbital plane (orbital inclination, tilted five degrees to the ecliptic, Earth ...
, 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 A fortnight is a unit of time equal to 14 days (two weeks). The word derives from the Old English term , meaning "" (or "fourteen days", since the Anglo-Saxons counted by nights). Astronomy and tides In astronomy, a ''lunar fortnight'' is hal ...
.


Related eclipses


Eclipses in 1980

* A total solar eclipse on February 16. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 1. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on July 27. * An annular solar eclipse on August 10. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 26.


Metonic

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 13, 1976 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 20, 1983


Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 18, 1973 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 14, 1987


Half-Saros

* Preceded by:
Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971 A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's Lunar node, ascending node of orbit on Thursday, February 25, 1971, with a Magnitude of eclipse, magnitude of 0.7872. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby to ...
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1989


Tritos

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 2, 1969 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 30, 1991


Lunar Saros 142

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 19, 1962 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 13, 1998


Inex

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 23, 1951 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 9, 2009


Triad

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 30, 1893 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 31, 2066


Lunar eclipses of 1977–1980


Saros 142


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 149.


See also

*
List of lunar eclipses __NOTOC__ A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. By type * List of central lunar eclipses * Total penumbral lunar eclipse By classification * List of saros series for lunar eclipse ...
*
List of 20th-century lunar eclipses During the 20th century, there were 229 lunar eclipses of which 83 were Lunar eclipse#Types of lunar eclipse, penumbral, 65 were partial and 81 were total. Of the total eclipses, 33 were central, in the sense that the Moon passed through the ver ...


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External links

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