March 1978 lunar eclipse

The moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow

A total lunar eclipse took place on March 24, 1978. The moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow. ^[1]

Visibility

It was seen complete over Asia and Australia, and rising over Africa and Europe.

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1977-1980

Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
112	1977 Apr 04	Partial		117	1977 Sep 27	Penumbral
122	1978 Mar 24	Total		127	1978 Sep 16	Total
132	1979 Mar 13	Partial		137	1979 Sep 06	Total
142	1980 Mar 01	Penumbral		147	1980 Aug 26	Penumbral
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
115	1901 Oct 27	Partial		116	1912 Sep 26	Partial
117	1923 Aug 26	Partial		118	1934 Jul 26	Partial
119	1945 Jun 25	Partial		120	1956 May 24	Partial
121	1967 Apr 24	Total		122	1978 Mar 24	Total
123	1989 Feb 20	Total		124	2000 Jan 21	Total
125	2010 Dec 21	Total		126	2021 Nov 19 80px	Partial
127	2032 Oct 18 80px	Total		128	2043 Sep 19	Total
129	2058 Jun 6	Total		130	2069 May 6	Total
131	2080 Apr 4	Total		132	2091 Mar 5	Total

See also

• List of lunar eclipses
• List of 20th century lunar eclipses

Notes

1. ^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 122

External links

• 1978 Mar 24 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC