September 2006 lunar eclipse

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The moon's path across shadow in Aquarius
The moon's path across shadow in Aquarius
The partial eclipse covered a northern fraction of the moon.
The partial eclipse covered a northern fraction of the moon.

A partial lunar eclipse took place on September 7, 2006, the second of two lunar eclipses in 2007.

[edit] Relation to other lunar eclipses

This eclipse is the first of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, September 7, each separated by 19 years:

  1. September 7, 2006 [1] - penumbral (Saros series 118)
  2. September 7, 2025 [2] - total (Saros series 128)
  3. September 7, 2044 [3] - partial (Saros series 138)
  4. September 7, 2063 [4] - partial (Saros series 148)

The moon's path through the earth's shadow near its ascending node progresses northward through each sequential eclipse. The second and third are total eclipses.

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Lunar eclipses
Previous eclipse:
March 2006 lunar eclipse
(penumbral)		 September 2006 lunar eclipse
(partial)		 Next eclipse:
March 2007 lunar eclipse
(total)
Previous partial eclipse:
October 2005 lunar eclipse		 Next partial eclipse:
August 2008 lunar eclipse
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