March 2024 lunar eclipse

March 2024 lunar eclipse
Penumbral eclipse
	From Richmond, Virginia, 7:18 UTC
Date	25 March 2024
Gamma	1.0609
Magnitude	0.9557
Saros cycle	113 (64 of 71)
Penumbral	279 minutes, 9 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	04:53:11
Greatest	07:12:45
P4	09:32:18
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A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Monday, March 25, 2024. It was visible to the naked eye as 95.57% of the Moon was immersed in Earth's penumbral shadow, making it the deepest penumbral eclipse overall since May 5, 2023, and the deepest for North and South America since February 11, 2017.^[1]

Visibility[edit]

It was fully visible from most of the Americas, was rising over Australia and eastern Asia, and set over western parts of Africa and Europe.

Related eclipses[edit]

Eclipses of 2024[edit]

A penumbral lunar eclipse on 25 March.
A total solar eclipse on 8 April.
A partial lunar eclipse on 18 September.
An annular solar eclipse on 2 October.

Lunar year series[edit]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2024–2027
Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Date	Type Viewing	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
113	2024 Mar 25	Penumbral	1.06098	118	2024 Sep 18	Partial	−0.97920
123	2025 Mar 14	Total	0.34846	128	2025 Sep 07	Total	−0.27521
133	2026 Mar 03	Total	−0.37651	138	2026 Aug 28	Partial	0.49644
143	2027 Feb 20	Penumbral	−1.04803	148	2027 Aug 17	Penumbral	1.27974

Last set	2023 May 05			Last set	2023 Oct 28

Next set	2028 Jan 12			Next set	2027 Jul 18

Saros series[edit]

It is part of Saros cycle 113.

Half-Saros cycle[edit]

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 120.