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    • Source: March 1940 lunar eclipse

      • A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, March 23, 1940, with an umbral magnitude of āˆ’0.8802. 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 only about 8.5 hours after perigee (on March 23, 1940, at 11:05 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.


      Visibility


      The eclipse was completely visible over Africa, Europe, and Asia, seen rising over Iceland and parts of the Atlantic Ocean and setting over northeast Asia and Oceania.


      Eclipse details


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


      Eclipse season



      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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.


      Related eclipses




      = Eclipses in 1940

      =
      A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 23.
      An annular solar eclipse on April 7.
      A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 22.
      A total solar eclipse on October 1.
      A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 16.


      = Tzolkinex

      =
      Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 10, 1933


      = Tritos

      =
      Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 21, 1951


      = Lunar Saros 102

      =
      Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 13, 1922
      Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 4, 1958


      = Triad

      =
      Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 24, 2027


      = Lunar eclipses of 1940ā€“1944

      =


      See also


      List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses


      References




      External links


      Saros series 102
      1940 Mar 3 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC

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