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{{short description|Astronomical event}}
{{Infobox lunar eclipse
| type = penumbral
| image = Lunar eclipse chart close-1988Mar03.png
| caption = The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left
| date = March 3, 1988
| gamma = 0.9886
| magnitude = −0.0016
| saros_ser = 113
| saros_no = 62 of 71
| penumbral = 293 minutes, 45 seconds
| p1 = 13:45:52
| greatest = 16:12:45
| p4 = 18:39:37
| previous = October 1987
| next = August 1988
}}
A penumbral [[lunar eclipse]] occurred at the Moon’s [[Lunar node|descending node]] of orbit on Thursday, March 3, 1988,<ref>{{cite web|title=March 3–4, 1988 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/1988-march-3|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=7 January 2025}}</ref> with an umbral [[Magnitude of eclipse|magnitude]] of −0.0016. It was a relatively rare [[total penumbral lunar eclipse]], with the Moon passing entirely within the penumbral shadow without entering the darker umbral shadow.<ref>[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1980JRASC..74..291M ''Total Penumbral Lunar Eclipses'', Jean Meeus, June 1980]</ref> A lunar eclipse occurs when the [[Moon]] moves into the [[Earth's shadow]], causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's penumbra. 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. Occurring about 2.2 days after [[Apsis|apogee]] (on March 1, 1988, at 11:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.<ref>{{cite web|title=Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/distance.html?year=1988&n=136|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=7 January 2025}}</ref>

== Visibility ==
The eclipse was completely visible over most of [[Asia]] and [[Australia]], seen rising over much of [[Africa]], [[Europe]], and the [[Middle East]] and setting over western [[North America]] and the central [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 1988 Mar 03|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot1951/LE1988Mar03N.pdf|publisher=NASA|access-date=7 January 2025}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable
|[[File:Lunar eclipse from moon-1988Mar03.png|300px]] [[File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1988Mar03.png|300px]]
|}

== Eclipse details ==
Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.<ref>{{cite web|title=Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 1988 Mar 03|url=https://eclipsewise.com/lunar/LEprime/1901-2000/LE1988Mar03Nprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=7 January 2025}}</ref>

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|+March 3, 1988 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
! Parameter
! Value
|-
| Penumbral Magnitude
| 1.09076
|-
| Umbral Magnitude
| −0.00163
|-
| Gamma
| 0.98855
|-
| Sun Right Ascension
| 22h58m28.1s
|-
| Sun Declination
| -06°33'42.5"
|-
| Sun Semi-Diameter
| 16'07.8"
|-
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax
| 08.9"
|-
| Moon Right Ascension
| 11h00m10.4s
|-
| Moon Declination
| +07°20'53.4"
|-
| Moon Semi-Diameter
| 14'46.0"
|-
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax
| 0°54'11.6"
|-
| ΔT
| 55.8 s
|}
{{clear}}

== Eclipse season ==
{{See also|Eclipse cycle}}
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]].

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Eclipse season of March 1988
! [[March 1988 lunar eclipse|March 3]] Descending node (full moon) !! [[Solar eclipse of March 18, 1988|March 18]] Ascending node (new moon) 
|-
| [[File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1988Mar03.png|200px]] || [[File:SE1988Mar18T.png|200px]]
|- align=center
| [[Lunar eclipse#Types of lunar eclipse|Penumbral lunar eclipse]] Lunar Saros 113 || [[Total eclipse#Types|Total solar eclipse]] Solar Saros 139
|}

== Related eclipses ==
=== Eclipses in 1988 ===
* '''A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 3.'''
* [[Solar eclipse of March 18, 1988|A total solar eclipse on March 18]].
* [[August 1988 lunar eclipse|A partial lunar eclipse on August 27]].
* [[Solar eclipse of September 11, 1988|An annular solar eclipse on September 11]].

=== Metonic ===
* Preceded by: [[May 1984 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of May 15, 1984]]
* Followed by: [[December 1991 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of December 21, 1991]]

=== Tzolkinex ===
* Preceded by: [[January 1981 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of January 20, 1981]]
* Followed by: [[April 1995 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of April 15, 1995]]

=== Half-Saros ===
* Preceded by: [[Solar eclipse of February 26, 1979]]
* Followed by: [[Solar eclipse of March 9, 1997]]

=== Tritos ===
* Preceded by: [[April 1977 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of April 4, 1977]]
* Followed by: [[January 1999 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of January 31, 1999]]

=== Lunar Saros 113 ===
* Preceded by: [[February 1970 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of February 21, 1970]]
* Followed by: [[March 2006 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of March 14, 2006]]

=== Inex ===
* Preceded by: [[March 1959 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of March 24, 1959]]
* Followed by: [[February 2017 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of February 11, 2017]]

=== Triad ===
* Preceded by: [[May 1901 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of May 3, 1901]]
* Followed by: [[January 2075 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of January 2, 2075]]

=== Lunar eclipses of 1988–1991 ===
{{Lunar eclipse set 1988-1991}}

=== Metonic series ===
{{Metonic lunar eclipse 1988-2045}}

=== Saros 113 ===
{{Lunar Saros series 113}}

=== Tritos series ===
{{Lunar Tritos series December 2009}}

=== Inex series ===
{{Lunar Inex series February 2017}}

=== Half-Saros cycle ===
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a [[Saros_(astronomy)#Relationship_between_lunar_and_solar_saros_.28sar.29|half saros]]).<ref>Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, ''The half-saros''</ref> This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of [[Solar Saros 120]].

{| class=wikitable
![[Solar eclipse of February 26, 1979|February 26, 1979]]
![[Solar eclipse of March 9, 1997|March 9, 1997]]
|-
|[[File:SE1979Feb26T.png|240px]]
|[[File:SE1997Mar09T.png|240px]]
|}

== See also ==
*[[List of lunar eclipses]]
*[[List of 20th-century lunar eclipses]]

== Notes ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{LEplot1951 link|1988|Mar|03|N}}

{{Lunar eclipses}}

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