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{{Short description|Penumbral lunar eclipse of 25 March 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox lunar eclipse
| type = penumbral
| image = Penumbral_Lunar_Eclipse_March_25,_2024.jpg
| caption = Seen from [[Richmond, Virginia]], 7:18 UTC
| date = March 25, 2024
| gamma = 1.0609
| magnitude = −0.1304
| saros_ser = 113
| saros_no = 64 of 71
| penumbral = 279 minutes, 9 seconds
| p1 = 04:53:11
| greatest = 07:12:45
| p4 = 09:32:18
| previous = October 2023
| next = September 2024
}}
A penumbral [[lunar eclipse]] occurred at the Moon’s [[Lunar node|descending node]] of orbit on Monday, March 25, 2024,<ref>{{cite web|title=March 24–25, 2024 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2024-march-25|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref> with an umbral [[Magnitude of eclipse|magnitude]] of −0.1304. 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 23, 2024, at 11:45 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=2024&n=136|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref>

This was the deepest penumbral eclipse overall since [[May 2023 lunar eclipse|May 5, 2023]], and the deepest for [[North America|North]] and [[South America]] since [[February 2017 lunar eclipse|February 11, 2017]].<ref>[http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/gen_stats.cgi?mode=query&page=full&qtype=type&body=L&saros=113 Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 113]</ref>

== Visibility ==
The eclipse was completely visible over [[North America|North]] and [[South America]], seen rising over eastern [[Australia]] and [[northeast Asia]] and setting over [[west Africa]] and [[western Europe]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 2024 Mar 25|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2024Mar25N.pdf|publisher=NASA|access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable
|[[File:Lunar eclipse from moon-2024Mar25.png|315px]] [[File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2024Mar25.png|315px]]
|}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Eclipse lunar de marzo de 2024.jpg|[[Mexicali, Mexico]], 7:06 UTC
File:Penumbral Eclipse March 25.jpg|[[Los Angeles, California]], 7:13 UTC
</gallery>

== Eclipse details ==
Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular lunar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.<ref>{{cite web|title=Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 2024 Mar 25|url=https://eclipsewise.com/lunar/LEprime/2001-2100/LE2024Mar25Nprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" align="{{{align|left}}}" style="margin:{{#ifeq:{{{align}}}|right|0 0 0.5em 1em|0 1em 0.5em 0}}"
|+March 25, 2024 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
! Parameter
! Value
|-
| Penumbral Magnitude
| 0.95767
|-
| Umbral Magnitude
| −0.13044
|-
| Gamma
| 1.06098
|-
| Sun Right Ascension
| 00h18m49.9s
|-
| Sun Declination
| +02°02'16.6"
|-
| Sun Semi-Diameter
| 16'02.2"
|-
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax
| 08.8"
|-
| Moon Right Ascension
| 12h20m41.3s
|-
| Moon Declination
| -01°12'05.6"
|-
| Moon Semi-Diameter
| 14'44.3"
|-
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax
| 0°54'05.4"
|-
| ΔT
| 71.2 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–April 2024
! March 25 Descending node (full moon) !! April 8 Ascending node (new moon) 
|-
| [[File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2024Mar25.png|200px]] || [[File:SE2024Apr08T.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 2024 ===
* '''A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 25.'''
* [[Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024|A total solar eclipse on April 8]].
* [[September 2024 lunar eclipse|A partial lunar eclipse on September 18]].
* [[Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024|An annular solar eclipse on October 2]].

=== Metonic ===
* Preceded by: [[June 2020 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of June 5, 2020]]
* Followed by: [[January 2028 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of January 12, 2028]]

=== Tzolkinex ===
* Preceded by: [[February 2017 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of February 11, 2017]]
* Followed by: [[May 2031 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of May 7, 2031]]

=== Half-Saros ===
* Preceded by: [[Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015]]
* Followed by: [[Solar eclipse of March 30, 2033]]

=== Tritos ===
* Preceded by: [[April 2013 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of April 25, 2013]]
* Followed by: [[February 2035 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of February 22, 2035]]

=== Lunar Saros 113 ===
* Preceded by: [[March 2006 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of March 14, 2006]]
* Followed by: [[April 2042 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of April 5, 2042]]

=== Inex ===
* Preceded by: [[April 1995 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of April 15, 1995]]
* Followed by: [[March 2053 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of March 4, 2053]]

=== Triad ===
* Preceded by: [[May 1937 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of May 25, 1937]]
* Followed by: [[January 2111 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of January 25, 2111]]

=== Lunar eclipses of 2024–2027 ===
{{Lunar eclipse set 2024-2027}}

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

=== Tritos series ===
{{Lunar Tritos series May 2002}}

=== Inex series ===
{{Lunar Inex series March 2024}}

=== 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 March 20, 2015|March 20, 2015]]
![[Solar eclipse of March 30, 2033|March 30, 2033]]
|-
|[[File:SE2015Mar20T.png|240px]]
|[[File:SE2033Mar30T.png|240px]]
|}

== See also ==
*[[List of lunar eclipses]] and [[List of 21st-century lunar eclipses]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.hermit.org/eclipse/gen_stats.cgi?mode=query&page=full&qtype=type&body=L&saros=113 Saros cycle 113]
* {{LEplot2001 link|2024|Mar|25|N}}

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