March 1998 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Friday, March 13, 1998, the first of three lunar eclipses in 1998.

Visibility

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 1998

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.

Lunar year series

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

Half-Saros cycle

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.