Eclipses 2007

Retrograde windows run from the station-retrograde day to the station-direct day, both counted, in UTC — the same windows as the 2007 retrograde calendar.

Eclipses and times of greatest eclipse are computed with astronomy-engine and checked against NASA’s eclipse catalog; see the method.

01When are the eclipses in 2007?

Total lunar: 3 Mar 2007, 13° Virgo; Partial solar: 19 Mar 2007, 28° Pisces; Total lunar: 28 Aug 2007, 4° Pisces; Partial solar: 11 Sep 2007, 18° Virgo. Times of greatest eclipse are on this page, in UTC.

02When is eclipse season in 2007?

17 Feb 2007 to 25 Mar 2007 (north node); 12 Aug 2007 to 18 Sep 2007 (south node). A season here is every UTC day on which the Sun stands within 18.5° of one of the Moon’s nodes.

03Which planets were retrograde during the 2007 eclipses?

Total lunar eclipse on 3 Mar: Retrograde that day: Mercury and Saturn. It falls on day 18 of a 23-day Mercury retrograde. Partial solar eclipse on 19 Mar: Retrograde that day: Saturn. Total lunar eclipse on 28 Aug: Retrograde that day: Venus, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Partial solar eclipse on 11 Sep: Retrograde that day: Uranus and Neptune.

04What is an eclipse season?

The Moon’s orbit is tilted about five degrees to the Sun’s path, so most new and full moons pass above or below the Sun or Earth’s shadow. Twice a year, for about five weeks, the Sun stands near one of the two points where the orbits cross, the nodes; any new or full moon then is close enough to the node to cast or catch a shadow. Every season has at least two eclipses, a solar and a lunar, and sometimes three.