Two Lunar Eclipses of Saros 133
Taken by Tunç Tezel, Petr Horálek on March 3, 2026 @
Kaş, Turkey; KPNO, USA
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Date Taken: 2026:03:05 09:45:57
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Two eclipses 18 years apart, but still (almost the same). The first was observed by Tunç Tezel on 21st February 2008, the Saros series predecessor of 3rd March 2026 from Kaş, Turkey. The observing conditions were very similar to Petr Horálek's KPNO site in Arizona, as the totality happened in predawn-to-dawn hours in Kaş, with all the total phases observable. We both, actually, took a very similar sequence with similar equipment.
We decided to put the two similar pictures of both Saros 133 eclipses together for comparison. The similarity of the two eclipses is uncanny; even the librations of the Moon are nearly identical. But there are some slight differences as well. The 3rd March 2026 eclipse has an umbral depth of 1.1507, and totality lasted 58 minutes, whereas the eclipse of 21st February 2008 had a slightly lesser umbral depth of 1.1062, which resulted in a totality duration of 50 minutes.
Full Credit: Tunç Tezel/TWAN, Petr Horálek
(Institute of Physics in Opava), KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
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