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March 2007 lunar eclipse
Total eclipse
	Totality as viewed from Denmark, 23:31 UTC
Date	March 3, 2007
Gamma	0.3175
Magnitude	1.2347
Saros cycle	123 (52 of 73)
Totality	73 minutes, 21 seconds
Partiality	221 minutes, 4 seconds
Penumbral	365 minutes, 26 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	20:18:11
U1	21:30:20
U2	22:44:12
Greatest	23:20:53
U3	23:57:33
U4	01:11:24
P4	02:23:37
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A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Saturday, March 3, 2007,^[1] 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 March 6, 2007, at 22:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.^[2]

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.^[3]

	Hourly motion shown right to left	The Moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Leo.
Visibility map

Images

Gallery

Collages
From Leeds, England.
Stevenage, England
From Madrid, Spain
From Degania A, Israel.
Persian Gulf

From Kirchberg, St. Gallen, 23:30 UTC
From Huddersfield, UK, 23:52 UTC
From Augsburg, Germany, 23:53 UTC
From Huddersfield, UK, 0:01 UTC
From Kirchberg, St. Gallen, 0:15 UTC
From Cambridge, UK
Timelapse movie in Bülach, Switzerland
Timelapse movie in Belfort, France
Humacao, Puerto Rico, 07:43 EST
Humacao, Puerto Rico, 08:30:16 EST

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.^[4]

March 3, 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
March 3 Descending node (full moon)	March 19 Ascending node (new moon)

Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 123	Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 149

Related eclipses

Lunar eclipses of 2006–2009

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2006–2009
Descending node				Ascending node
Saros # and photo	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros # and photo	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
113	2006 Mar 14	penumbral	1.0211	118	2006 Sep 7	partial	−0.9262
123	2007 Mar 03	total	0.3175	128	2007 Aug 28	total	−0.2146
133	2008 Feb 21	total	−0.3992	138	2008 Aug 16	partial	0.5646
143	2009 Feb 09	penumbral	−1.0640	148	2009 Aug 06	penumbral	1.3572

Last set	2005 Apr 24			Last set	2005 Oct 17

Next set	2009 Dec 31			Next set	2009 Jul 07

Metonic series

The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will be in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

1988 Mar 03.675 – Partial (113) 2007 Mar 03.972 – Total (123) 2026 Mar 03.481 – Total (133) 2045 Mar 03.320 – Penumbral (143)	1988 Aug 27.461 – partial (118) 2007 Aug 28.442 – total (128) 2026 Aug 28.175 – partial (138) 2045 Aug 27.578 – penumbral (148)

Saros 123

Lunar saros series 123, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has 25 total lunar eclipses. The first total lunar eclipse of this series was on July 16, 1628, and last will be on April 4, 2061. The two longest occurrence of this series were on September 20, 1736 and October 1, 1754 when totality lasted 106 minutes.

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).^[5] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 130.