March 2053 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur on Tuesday, March 4, 2053.

March 2053 lunar eclipse

Penumbral eclipse
Chart showing how the Moon will travel through the Earth's penumbral shadow at hourly snapshots
Date	4 March 2053
Gamma	−1.0530
Magnitude	0.9323
Saros cycle	114 (61 of 71)
Penumbral	251 minutes 5 seconds
Contacts (UTC) P1 15:14:56 Greatest 17:20:31 P4 19:26:01

Visibility

View of the Earth from the Moon at greatest eclipse

The entire eclipse will be visible in Asia and Australia. Most or some of the eclipse will be visible in Europe, Africa, and the remainder of Oceania.

This lunar eclipse will be followed by the solar eclipse of March 20, 2053.

Related lunar eclipses

This lunar eclipse is part of Lunar Saros 114.

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2053–2056

Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
114	2053 Mar 04	Penumbral		119	2053 Aug 29	Penumbral
124	2054 Feb 22	Total		129	2054 Aug 18	Total
134	2055 Feb 11	Total		139	2055 Aug 07	Partial
144	2056 Feb 01	Penumbral		149	2056 Jul 26	Partial
Last set	2052 Apr 14			Last set	2052 Oct 08
Next set	2056 Dec 22			Next set	2056 Jun 27

See also

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

External links

• 2053 Mar 04 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC