A penumbral

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 Friday, March 13, 1998, the first of three lunar eclipses in 1998.

Visibility

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 1998

* A total solar eclipse on February 26. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 13. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 8. * An annular solar eclipse on August 22. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 6.

Lunar year series

This is the last of four lunar year eclipses at the ascending node of the moon's orbit.

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 Saros cycle series 149 for 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 the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an ...

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* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of January 30, 1991 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of April 24, 2005

References

External links

Saros cycle 142
* 1998-03 1998 in science March 1998 events {{lunar-eclipse-stub