Partial Eclipse of the Moon, 1997 March 24; the beginning of the umbral phase visible in North America except Alaska and northwestern Canada, Central America, South America, Europe, extreme western Asia, Africa except the eastern extremity, Greenland, part of Antarctica (including Marie Byrd Land, the Palmer Peninsula, and Queen Maud Land), the eastern South Pacific Ocean, the southeastern North Pacific Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean; the end visible in North America except the western Aleutian Islands, Hawaii, the North Island of New Zealand, Central America, South America, most of Greenland, extreme western Europe, the western extremity of Africa, part of Antarctica (including Victoria Land, Marie Byrd Land, the Palmer Peninsula, and part of Queen Maud Land), the eastern half of the Pacific Ocean, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the western South Atlantic Ocean.

                               d  h   m
Moon enters penumbra    March 24  1 40.6 
Moon enters umbra             24  2 57.5 
Middle of eclipse             24  4 39.4 UT
Moon leaves umbra             24  6 21.3 
Moon leaves penumbra          24  7 38.1 

Magnitude of the eclipse: 0.924