March 1988 lunar eclipse
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, March 3, 1988, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1988. Earlier sources compute this as a 0.3% partial eclipse lasting under 14 minutes, and newest calculations list it as a penumbral eclipse that never enters the umbral shadow. This was a relatively rare total penumbral lunar eclipse with the moon passing entirely within the penumbral shadow without entering the darker umbral shadow. The tables below contain detailed predictions and additional information on the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 3 March 1988.. Penumbral Magnitude: 1.09076 Umbral Magnitude: -0.00163 Gamma : 0.98855 Saros Series: 113th (62 of 71) Date: 3 March 1988 Greatest Eclipse: 03 Mar 1988 16:12:45.7 UTC (16:13:41.5 TD) Ecliptic Opposition: 03 Mar 1988 16:01:03.9 UTC (16:01:59.8 TD) Equatorial Opposition: 03 Mar 1988 15:09:41.3 UTC (15:10:37.2 TD) Visibility. The total penumbral lunar eclipse was visible over Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, northwestern North America, seen rising over the 30th meridian east and setting over the 150th meridian west on the Equator. Relations to other lunar eclipses. Saros series. This eclipse is part of Saros cycle series 113. Half-Saros cycle. A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar  eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 120.