March 1998 lunar eclipse

• A total solar eclipse on February 26.
• A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 13.
• A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 8.
• An annular solar eclipse on August 22.
• A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 6.

This is the last of four lunar year eclipses at the ascending node of the Moon's orbit.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1995–1998
Ascending node					Descending node
Saros Photo	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma		Saros Photo	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
112	1995 Apr 15	Partial	−0.95939		117	1995 Oct 08	Penumbral	1.11794
122	1996 Apr 04	Total	−0.25339		127	1996 Sep 27	Total	0.34264
132	1997 Mar 24	Partial	0.48990		137	1997 Sep 16	Total	−0.37684
142	1998 Mar 13	Penumbral	1.19644		147	1998 Sep 06	Penumbral	−1.10579
Last set	1994 May 25				Last set	1994 Nov 18
Next set	1999 Jan 31				Next set	1998 Aug 08

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 149.

March 7, 1989	March 19, 2007
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• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of January 30, 1991

• Followed: Lunar eclipse of April 24, 2005

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

• Saros cycle 142
• 1998 Mar 13 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC