March 1988 lunar eclipse
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on March 3, 1988, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1988. Earlier sources compute this as a 0.3% partial eclipse lasting under 14 minutes, and newest calculations list it as a penumbral eclipse that never enters the umbral shadow.
This was a relatively rare total penumbral lunar eclipse with the moon passing entirely within the penumbral shadow without entering the darker umbral shadow.
The tables below contain detailed predictions and additional information on the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 3 March 1988.
Penumbral Magnitude: 1.09076Umbral Magnitude: -0.00163
Gamma: 0.98855
Saros Series: 113th
Date: 3 March 1988
Greatest Eclipse: 03 Mar 1988 16:12:45.7 UTC
Ecliptic Opposition: 03 Mar 1988 16:01:03.9 UTC
Equatorial Opposition: 03 Mar 1988 15:09:41.3 UTC
| Coordinate | Sun | Moon |
| Right Ascension | 22.97 | 11 |
| Declination | -6.6 | 7.3 |
| Diameter | 1935.6 | 1772.0 |
| Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 8.9 | 3251.6 |
Visibility
The total penumbral lunar eclipse was visible over Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, northwestern North America, seen rising over the 30th meridian east and setting over the 150th meridian west on the Equator.Relations to other lunar eclipses
Eclipses of 1988
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 3.
- A total solar eclipse on March 18.
- A partial lunar eclipse on August 27.
- An annular solar eclipse on September 11.
Saros series
Lunar year series
Metonic series
Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days. This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 120.| February 26, 1979 | March 9, 1997 |