March 2044 lunar eclipse

Total lunar eclipse
March 13, 2044
Ecliptic north up

The moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow.
Saros (and member) 133 (28 of 71)
Gamma
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts (UTC)
P1
U1
U2
Greatest
U3
U4
P4

A total lunar eclipse will take place on March 13, 2044.

Visibility

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2042-2045
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart		 Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart
113 2042 Apr 05
 Penumbral
 118 2042 Sep 29
 Penumbral
123 2043 Mar 25
 Total
 128 2043 Sep 19
 Total
133 2044 Mar 13
 Total
 138 2044 Sep 07
 Total
143 2045 Mar 03
 Penumbral
 148 2045 Aug 27
 Penumbral
Last set 2041 May 16 Last set 2042 Nov 08
Next set 2046 Jan 22 Next set 2046 Jul 18

Metonic cycles (19 years)

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 in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

  1. 2006 Mar 14 - penumbral (113)
  2. 2025 Mar 14 - total (123)
  3. 2044 Mar 13 - total (133)
  4. 2064 Mar 14- partial (143)
  1. 2006 Sep 07 - penumbral (118)
  2. 2025 Sep 07 - total (128)
  3. 2044 Sep 07 - partial (138)
  4. 2063 Sep 07 - penumbral (148)

Tritos series

The tritos series repeats 31 days short of 11 years at alternating nodes. Sequential events have incremental Saros cycle indices.

This series produces 23 total eclipses between June 22, 1880 and August 9, 2120.

Tritos eclipse series (subset 1901–2100)
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
chart		 Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
chart
119 1902 Apr 22
 Partial
 120 1913 Mar 22
 Partial
121 1924 Feb 20
 Partial
 122 1935 Jan 19
 Partial
124 1945 Dec 19
 Partial
 125 1956 Nov 18
 Total
126 1967 Oct 18
 Total
 127 1978 Sep 16
 Total
128 1989 Aug 17
 Total
 129 2000 Jul 16
 Total
130 2011 Jun 15
 Total
 131 2022 May 16
 Total
132 2033 Apr 14
 Total
 133 2044 Mar 13
 Total
134 2055 Feb 11
 Total
 135 2066 Jan 11
 Total
136 2076 Dec 10
 Total
 137 2087 Nov 10
 Total
138 2098 Oct 10
 Total

See also


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