March 2006 lunar eclipse

Penumbral 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.

This was a relatively rare total penumbral lunar eclipse with the moon passing entirely within the penumbral shadow without entering the darker umbral shadow.^[1]

Visibility

It was completely visible over Africa and Europe, seen rising over eastern North America, all of South America, and setting over western Asia.

A simulated view of the earth from the center of the moon at maximum eclipse.

Map

Gallery

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  Near greatest eclipse

Relation to other lunar eclipses

Lunar year series (354 days)

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2006–2009

Descending node				Ascending node
Saros # ----- Photo	Date Viewing	Type Chart		Saros # ----- Photo	Date Viewing	Type Chart
113	2006 Mar 14	penumbral		118	2006 Sep 7	partial
123	2007 Mar 03	total		128	2007 Aug 28	total
133	2008 Feb 21	total		138	2008 Aug 16	partial
143	2009 Feb 9	penumbral		148	2009 Aug 06	penumbral
Last set	2005 Apr 24			Last set	2005 Oct 17
Next set	2009 Dec 31			Next set	2009 Jul 07

Saros series

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.^[2]

Metonic cycles (19 years)

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.

2006 Mar 14 - penumbral (113) 2025 Mar 14 - total (123) 2044 Mar 13 - total (133) 2064 Mar 14- partial (143)	2006 Sep 07 - penumbral (118) 2025 Sep 07 - total (128) 2044 Sep 07 - partial (138) 2063 Sep 07 - partial (148)

See also

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st century lunar eclipses
• May 2003 lunar eclipse
• November 2003 lunar eclipse
• May 2004 lunar eclipse
• File:2006-03-14 Lunar Eclipse Sketch.gif Chart

Notes

1. ^ Total Penumbral Lunar Eclipses, Jean Meeus, June 1980
2. ^ Hermit Eclipse: Eclipse Search

External links

• 2006 Mar 14 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
• photo of partial [penumbral] eclipse on March 14th of 2006, Kennebunk, Maine