March 2044 lunar eclipse

March 2044 lunar eclipse
Total eclipse
The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left
DateMarch 13, 2044
Gamma−0.3496
Magnitude1.2050
Saros cycle133 (28 of 71)
Totality66 minutes, 25 seconds
Partiality209 minutes, 5 seconds
Penumbral338 minutes, 23 seconds
Contacts (UTC)
P116:47:56
U117:52:31
U219:03:51
Greatest19:37:05
U320:10:16
U421:21:35
P422:26:19

A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Sunday, March 13, 2044,[1] with an umbral magnitude of 1.2050. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. 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. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring about 6.2 days after perigee (on March 7, 2044, at 15:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]

This lunar eclipse is the third of a tetrad, with four total lunar eclipses in series, the others being on March 25, 2043; September 19, 2043; and September 7, 2044.

Visibility

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The eclipse will be completely visible over east Africa, eastern Europe, and much of Asia, seen rising over west Africa, western Europe, and eastern South America and setting over northeast Asia and Australia.[3]

Eclipse details

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Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[4]

March 13, 2044 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Penumbral Magnitude 2.23223
Umbral Magnitude 1.20503
Gamma −0.34957
Sun Right Ascension 23h37m30.3s
Sun Declination -02°25'56.9"
Sun Semi-Diameter 16'05.4"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8"
Moon Right Ascension 11h36m51.3s
Moon Declination +02°08'22.5"
Moon Semi-Diameter 15'39.8"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°57'29.1"
ΔT 81.5 s

Eclipse season

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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.

Eclipse season of February–March 2044
February 28
Ascending node (new moon)
 March 13
Descending node (full moon)
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 121		 Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 133
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Eclipses in 2044

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Lunar Saros 133

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Inex

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Triad

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Lunar eclipses of 2042–2045

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This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[5]

The penumbral lunar eclipse on October 28, 2042 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2042 to 2045
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing 		Type
Chart 		Gamma Saros Date
Viewing 		Type
Chart 		Gamma
113 2042 Apr 05
 Penumbral
 1.1080 118 2042 Sep 29
 Penumbral
 −1.0261
123 2043 Mar 25
 Total
 0.3849 128 2043 Sep 19
 Total
 −0.3316
133 2044 Mar 13
 Total
 −0.3496 138 2044 Sep 07
 Total
 0.4318
143 2045 Mar 03
 Penumbral
 −1.0274 148 2045 Aug 27
 Penumbral
 1.2060

Metonic series

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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 14.99 - penumbral (113)
  2. 2025 Mar 14.29 - total (123)
  3. 2044 Mar 13.82 - total (133)
  4. 2063 Mar 14.67- partial (143)
  1. 2006 Sep 07.79 - partial (118)
  2. 2025 Sep 07.76 - total (128)
  3. 2044 Sep 07.47 - partial (138)
  4. 2063 Sep 07.86 - penumbral (148)

Saros 133

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 133, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on May 13, 1557. It contains partial eclipses from August 7, 1683 through December 17, 1899; total eclipses from December 28, 1917 through August 3, 2278; and a second set of partial eclipses from August 14, 2296 through March 11, 2639. The series ends at member 71 as a penumbral eclipse on June 29, 2819.

The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 35 at 101 minutes, 41 seconds on May 30, 2170. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[6]

Greatest First
The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2170 May 30, lasting 101 minutes, 41 seconds.[7] Penumbral Partial Total Central
1557 May 13
 1683 Aug 07
 1917 Dec 28
 2098 Apr 15
Last
Central Total Partial Penumbral
2224 Jul 01
 2278 Aug 03
 2639 Mar 11
 2819 Jun 29

Eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

Tritos series

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This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
1804 Jan 26
(Saros 111) 		1814 Dec 26
(Saros 112) 		1825 Nov 25
(Saros 113) 		1836 Oct 24
(Saros 114) 		1847 Sep 24
(Saros 115)
1858 Aug 24
(Saros 116) 		1869 Jul 23
(Saros 117) 		1880 Jun 22
(Saros 118) 		1891 May 23
(Saros 119) 		1902 Apr 22
(Saros 120)
1913 Mar 22
(Saros 121) 		1924 Feb 20
(Saros 122) 		1935 Jan 19
(Saros 123) 		1945 Dec 19
(Saros 124) 		1956 Nov 18
(Saros 125)
1967 Oct 18
(Saros 126) 		1978 Sep 16
(Saros 127) 		1989 Aug 17
(Saros 128) 		2000 Jul 16
(Saros 129) 		2011 Jun 15
(Saros 130)
2022 May 16
(Saros 131) 		2033 Apr 14
(Saros 132) 		2044 Mar 13
(Saros 133) 		2055 Feb 11
(Saros 134) 		2066 Jan 11
(Saros 135)
2076 Dec 10
(Saros 136) 		2087 Nov 10
(Saros 137) 		2098 Oct 10
(Saros 138) 		2109 Sep 09
(Saros 139) 		2120 Aug 09
(Saros 140)
2131 Jul 10
(Saros 141) 		2142 Jun 08
(Saros 142) 		2153 May 08
(Saros 143) 		2164 Apr 07
(Saros 144) 		2175 Mar 07
(Saros 145)
2186 Feb 04
(Saros 146) 		2197 Jan 04
(Saros 147)

Half-Saros cycle

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A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[8] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 140.

March 9, 2035 March 20, 2053

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "March 13–14, 2044 Total Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon)". timeanddate. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Total Lunar Eclipse of 2044 Mar 13" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Total Lunar Eclipse of 2044 Mar 13". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  5. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  6. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 133". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
  7. ^ Listing of Eclipses of series 133
  8. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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