Total lunar eclipse
Friday, March 24, 1978 at 04:22 PM UTC
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
1 Saros later →
Total lunar eclipse
April 3, 1996
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Peak (UTC)
Friday, Mar 24
Type
Total lunar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Totality duration
91 min
Partial duration
219 min
More eclipses to explore
Browse the catalog by date — the next and previous eclipses by peak time, regardless of type. For closely related events of the same type spaced ~18 years apart, see the Saros family panel on the left.