A partial lunar eclipse took place on Tuesday, March 13, 1979, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1979. The Moon was strikingly shadowed in this deep partial eclipse which lasted 3 hours, 17 minutes and 40.6 seconds, with 85.377% of the Moon in darkness at maximum.
It was completely visible in east in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and west in Australia, seen rising over the Americas and setting over Asia and Australia.
Lunar saros series 132, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 44 umbral lunar eclipses (32 partial lunar eclipses and 12 total lunar eclipses).
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The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2123 Jun 9, lasting 106 minutes.[1]
There are 11 series events between 1901 and 2100, grouped into threes (called an exeligmos), each column with approximately the same viewing longitude on earth.
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 139.
march, 1979, lunar, eclipse, partial, lunar, eclipse, took, place, tuesday, march, 1979, first, lunar, eclipses, 1979, moon, strikingly, shadowed, this, deep, partial, eclipse, which, lasted, hours, minutes, seconds, with, moon, darkness, maximum, partial, ecl. A partial lunar eclipse took place on Tuesday March 13 1979 the first of two lunar eclipses in 1979 The Moon was strikingly shadowed in this deep partial eclipse which lasted 3 hours 17 minutes and 40 6 seconds with 85 377 of the Moon in darkness at maximum March 1979 lunar eclipsePartial eclipseDate13 March 1979Gamma0 52537Magnitude0 85377Saros cycle132 28 of 71 Partiality197 minutes 40 7 secondsPenumbral350 minutes 42 8 secondsContacts UTC P118 12 39 6U119 29 13 7Greatest21 08 02 3U422 46 54 4P400 03 22 4 14 Mar September 1978September 1979 This event followed the total solar eclipse of February 26 1979 Contents 1 Visibility 2 Related lunar eclipses 2 1 Eclipses in 1979 2 2 Lunar year series 2 3 Saros series 2 4 Half Saros cycle 3 See also 4 Notes 5 External linksVisibility editIt was completely visible in east in North America South America Europe Africa Asia and west in Australia seen rising over the Americas and setting over Asia and Australia nbsp Related lunar eclipses editEclipses in 1979 edit A total solar eclipse on Monday 26 February 1979 A partial lunar eclipse on Tuesday 13 March 1979 An annular solar eclipse on Wednesday 22 August 1979 A total lunar eclipse on Thursday 6 September 1979 Lunar year series edit Lunar eclipse series sets from 1977 1980Ascending node Descending nodeSaros DateViewing TypeChart Gamma Saros DateViewing TypeChart Gamma112 1977 Apr 04 nbsp Partial nbsp 0 91483 117 1977 Sep 27 nbsp Penumbral nbsp 1 07682122 1978 Mar 24 nbsp Total nbsp 0 21402 127 1978 Sep 16 nbsp Total nbsp 0 29510132 1979 Mar 13 nbsp Partial nbsp 0 52537 137 1979 Sep 06 nbsp Total nbsp 0 43050142 1980 Mar 01 nbsp Penumbral nbsp 1 22701 147 1980 Aug 26 nbsp Penumbral nbsp 1 16082Last set 1976 May 13 Last set 1976 Nov 06Next set 1981 Jan 20 Next set 1980 Jul 27Saros series edit Lunar saros series 132 repeating every 18 years and 11 days has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 44 umbral lunar eclipses 32 partial lunar eclipses and 12 total lunar eclipses Greatest First nbsp The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2123 Jun 9 lasting 106 minutes 1 Penumbral Partial Total Central1492 May 12 nbsp 1636 Aug 16 nbsp 2015 Apr 4 nbsp 2069 May 6 nbsp LastCentral Total Partial Penumbral2177 Jul 11 nbsp 2213 Aug 2 nbsp 2429 Dec 11 nbsp 2754 Jun 26 nbsp There are 11 series events between 1901 and 2100 grouped into threes called an exeligmos each column with approximately the same viewing longitude on earth 1901 2100 1907 Jan 29 1925 Feb 8 1943 Feb 20 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1961 Mar 2 1979 Mar 13 1997 Mar 24 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2015 Apr 4 2033 Apr 14 2051 Apr 26 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2069 May 6 2087 May 17 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 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 139 March 7 1970 March 18 1988 nbsp nbsp See also editList of lunar eclipses List of 20th century lunar eclipsesNotes edit Listing of Eclipses of series 132 Mathematical Astronomy Morsels Jean Meeus p 110 Chapter 18 The half sarosExternal links edit1979 Mar 13 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak NASA GSFC nbsp This lunar eclipse related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title March 1979 lunar eclipse amp oldid 1177939948, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
