A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Saturday, March 3, 2007,[1] with an umbral magnitude of 1.2347.

A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow.

Occurring about 2.9 days before apogee (on March 6, 2007, at 22:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will be in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 123, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 37 at 105 minutes, 58 seconds on September 20, 1736.