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| Penumbral eclipse | |||||||||
 Chart showing how the Moon will travel through the Earth's penumbral shadow at hourly snapshots | |||||||||
| Date | 4 March 2053 | ||||||||
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| Gamma | −1.0530 | ||||||||
| Magnitude | 0.9323 | ||||||||
| Saros cycle | 114 (61 of 71) | ||||||||
| Penumbral | 251 minutes 5 seconds | ||||||||
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A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur on Tuesday, March 4, 2053.
The entire eclipse will be visible in Asia and Australia. Most or some of the eclipse will be visible in Europe, Africa, and the remainder of Oceania.
This lunar eclipse will be followed by the solar eclipse of March 20, 2053.
This lunar eclipse is part of Lunar Saros 114.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | |
| 114 | 2053 Mar 04  | Penumbral | 119 | 2053 Aug 29 | Penumbral | |
| 124 | 2054 Feb 22  | Total | 129 | 2054 Aug 18  | Total | |
| 134 | 2055 Feb 11  | Total | 139 | 2055 Aug 07  | Partial | |
| 144 | 2056 Feb 01  | Penumbral | 149 | 2056 Jul 26  | Partial | |
| Last set | 2052 Apr 14 | Last set | 2052 Oct 08 | |||
| Next set | 2056 Dec 22 | Next set | 2056 Jun 27 | |||
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