March 1914 lunar eclipse

A partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Thursday, March 12, 1914, with an umbral magnitude of 0.9111. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A partial lunar eclipse occurs when one part of the Moon is in the Earth's umbra, while the other part is in the Earth's penumbra. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. Occurring only about 18 hours before perigee, the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over North America, South America, and west Africa, seen rising over northwestern North America and the central Pacific Ocean and setting over much of Africa, Europe, and west and central Asia.

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.

Parameter	Value
Penumbral Magnitude	1.87639
Umbral Magnitude	0.91108
Gamma	−0.52543
Sun Right Ascension	23h26m01.9s
Sun Declination	-03°39'56.2"
Sun Semi-Diameter	16'05.6"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	08.8"
Moon Right Ascension	11h24m59.9s
Moon Declination	+03°11'46.2"
Moon Semi-Diameter	16'40.3"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	1°01'11.2"
ΔT	16.0 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

February 25 Ascending node	March 12 Descending node

Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 119	Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 131

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1914

An annular solar eclipse on February 25.A partial lunar eclipse on March 12.
A total solar eclipse on August 21.
A partial lunar eclipse on September 4.

Metonic

Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 24, 1910
Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 28, 1917

Tzolkinex

Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 29, 1907
Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 22, 1921

Half-Saros

Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 6, 1905
Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 17, 1923

Tritos

Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 12, 1903
Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 8, 1925

Lunar Saros 131

Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 28, 1896
Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 22, 1932

Inex

Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 30, 1885
Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 20, 1943

Triad

Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 11, 1827
Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 9, 2001

Lunar eclipses of 1912–1915

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.
The penumbral lunar eclipses on January 31, 1915 and July 26, 1915 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days. This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 138.

March 6, 1905	March 17, 1923