March 1978 lunar eclipse
| Total Lunar Eclipse March 24, 1978 |
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|---|---|
| (No photo) | |
 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. |
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| Series | 122 (54 of 75) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Totality | |
| Partial | |
| Penumbral | |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | UTC |
| U1 | |
| U2 | |
| Greatest | |
| U3 | |
| U4 | |
| P4 | |
A total lunar eclipse took place on March 24, 1978. The moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow.[1]
This is the 54th member of Lunar Saros 122. The previous event is the March 1960 lunar eclipse. The next event is the April 1996 lunar eclipse.
Contents
Visibility
It was seen complete over Asia and Australia, and rising over Africa and Europe.
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
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| 112 | 1977 Apr 04 |
Partial |
117 | 1977 Sep 27 |
Penumbral |
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| 122 | 1978 Mar 24 |
Total |
127 | 1978 Sep 16 |
Total |
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| 132 | 1979 Mar 13 |
Partial |
137 | 1979 Sep 06 |
Total |
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| 142 | 1980 Mar 01 |
Penumbral |
147 | 1980 Aug 26 |
Penumbral |
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| Last set | 1976 May 13 | Last set | 1976 Nov 06 | |||
| Next set | 1981 Jan 20 | Next set | 1980 Jul 27 | |||
Tritos series
The tritos series repeats 31 days short of 11 years at alternating nodes. Sequential events have incremental Saros cycle indices.
This series produces 20 total eclipses between April 24, 1967 and August 1, 2167, only being partial on November 19, 2021.
| Tritos eclipse series (subset 1901–2100) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type chart |
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| 115 | 1901 Oct 27 80px |
Partial 80px |
116 | 1912 Sep 26 80px |
Partial 80px |
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| 117 | 1923 Aug 26 80px |
Partial 80px |
118 | 1934 Jul 26 80px |
Partial 80px |
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| 119 | 1945 Jun 25 80px |
Partial 80px |
120 | 1956 May 24 |
Partial |
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| 121 | 1967 Apr 24 80px |
Total 80px |
122 | 1978 Mar 24 |
Total |
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| 123 | 1989 Feb 20 80px |
Total 80px |
124 | 2000 Jan 21 80px |
Total 80px |
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| 125 | 2010 Dec 21 |
Total |
126 | 2021 Nov 19 80px |
Partial 80px |
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| 127 | 2032 Oct 18 80px |
Total 80px |
128 | 2043 Sep 19 80px |
Total 80px |
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| 129 | 2058 Jun 6 |
Total |
130 | 2069 May 6 |
Total |
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| 131 | 2080 Apr 4 80px |
Total 80px |
132 | 2091 Mar 5 80px |
Total 80px |
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See also
Notes
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- 1978 Mar 24 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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