March 2006 lunar eclipse

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Total Lunar Eclipse March 14, 2006
0:54 UT from Warrenton, Virginia (Penumbral shadow visible faintly on the right an hour past greatest eclipse)
The moon passed right to left through the earth's north penumbral shadow.
Series (and member)	113 (63)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Penumbral	04:52:00
Contacts
P1	21:21:32 UTC
Greatest	23:47:32
P4	02:13:32 UTC
The moon's path across shadow in Virgo.

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on March 14, 2006, the first of two lunar eclipses in 2006.

1 Gallery
2 Relation to other lunar eclipses
3 Relation to other lunar eclipses
- 3.1 Lunar year and Metonic cycles (354 days and 19 years)
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Gallery

Near greatest eclipse

[edit] Relation to other lunar eclipses

This eclipse is the first of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, March 13-14, each separated by 19 years:

[edit] Relation to other lunar eclipses

The eclipse belongs to Saros series 138, and is the 29th of 83 lunar eclipses in the series. The first penumbral eclipse of saros cycle 138 began on October 5, 1503, first partial eclipse on June 13, 1900, and total first will be on September 7, 2044. The last total eclipse will occur on June 8, 2495, last partial on August 13, 2603, and last penumbral eclipse on March 30, 2982.^[1]

[edit] Lunar year and Metonic cycles (354 days and 19 years)

This eclipse is the one of two short-lived parallel series:

The lunar year series repeats after 12 lunations or 354 days (Shifting back about 10 days in sequential years). Because of the date shift, the earth's shadow will be about 11 degrees west in sequential events.
The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the earth's shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

March 14, 2006 - partial (Saros 113) March 3, 2007 - total (Saros 123) February 21, 2008 - total (Saros 133) February 9, 2009 - penumbral (Saros 143)	March 14, 2006 - penumbral (Saros series 113) March 14, 2025 [1] - total (Saros series 123) March 13, 2044 [2] - total (Saros series 133) March 14, 2063 [3] - partial (Saros series 143)[4]
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These charts show the moon's path through the earth's shadow near its descending node. The path progresses southward through each sequential eclipse.