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Partial lunar eclipse

Monday, March 24, 1997 at 04:39 AM UTC
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Peak (UTC)
Sunday, Mar 23
Type
Partial lunar eclipse
Obscuration
96%
Partial duration
204 min
Local circumstances
Phase times in your local time, plus where to look in the sky from Palo Alto, California.
PhaseUTCLocal timeMoon altitudeDirection
P1 — Penumbral begins01:42:0417:42:04below horizon
U1 — Partial begins02:57:2818:57:287.7°E
MAX — Greatest eclipse04:39:2220:39:2226.3°ESE
U2 — Partial ends06:21:1722:21:1742.1°SE
P2 — Penumbral ends07:36:4123:36:4149.2°SSE
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
1 Saros earlier
Partial lunar eclipse
March 13, 1979
1 Saros later
Total lunar eclipse
April 4, 2015