Total Lunar Eclipse March 3-4, 2007
The moon in the northern half of the earth's shadow during totality. Taken at 23:29 UTC
The moon's path through the earth's northern shadow.
Series (and member)	123 (57 of 73)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality	1:14:12
Partial	4:41:42
Penumbral	6:08:58
Contacts
P1	20:16:29 UT
U1	21:30:04 UT
U2	22:43:49 UT
Greatest	23:20:56 UT
U3	23:58:01 UT
U4	01:11:46 UT
P4	02:25:27 UT
Eclipse across descending node in Leo

A total lunar eclipse took place on March 3, 2007, the first of two eclipses in 2007. The moon entered the penumbral shadow at 20:18 UTC, and the umbral shadow at 21:30 UTC. The total phase lasted between 22:44 UTC and 23:58 UTC with a distinctive brick-red shade (L=3 to L=4 on the Danjon scale). The moon left the umbra shadow at 01:11 UTC and left the penumbra shadow at 02:24 UTC 2007-03-04.^[1] The second lunar eclipse of 2007 occurred on August 28.^[2]^[3]

Visibility

The whole event was visible from Europe, Africa, parts of South America, and some areas of North America, Asia, and Western Australia. In North America, part of the event was visible at moonrise.

This simulated view of the earth from the center of the moon during the lunar eclipse shows where the eclipse is visible on earth.

Relation to other lunar eclipses

This eclipse is the first of two lunar eclipses to occur in 2007, the second being on 28 August 2007.

This eclipse is in the Saros cycle series 123, repeating every 18 years and 11 days. It last occurred on August 17, 1989 and will next occur on September 7, 2025. The first total lunar eclipse of this series was on July 16, 1628, and last will be on April 4, 2061. The two longest occurrence of this series were on September 20, 1736 and October 1, 1754 when totality lasted 106 minutes.^[4]