March 2006 lunar eclipse

Penumbral lunar eclipse 14-15 March 2006
From Trondheim, Norway at 23:49 UTC
The moon passed right to left through the Earth's northern penumbral shadow.
Series (and member)	113 (63 of 71)
Gamma	1.0210
Magnitude	1.0560
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Penumbral	4:47:27
Contacts (UTC)
P1	21:23:45
Greatest	23:47:29
P4	2:11:12 (15 Mar)
The moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Virgo.

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on 14 March 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. The tables below contain detailed predictions and additional information on the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 14 March 2006.

Visibility[]

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

NASA chart of the eclipse

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

Map[]

Relation to other lunar eclipses[]

Eclipses of 2006[]

A penumbral lunar eclipse on 14 March.
A total solar eclipse on 29 March.
A partial lunar eclipse on 7 September.
An annular solar eclipse on 22 September.

Lunar year series (354 days)[]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2006–2009
Descending node				Ascending node
Saros # and photo	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros # and photo	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
113	2006 Mar 14	penumbral	1.0211	118	2006 Sep 7	partial	-0.9262
123	2007 Mar 03	total	0.3175	128	2007 Aug 28	total	-0.2146
133	2008 Feb 21	total	-0.3992	138	2008 Aug 16	partial	0.5646
143	2009 Feb 09	penumbral	-1.0640	148	2009 Aug 06	penumbral	1.3572

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 113, and is the 63rd of 71 lunar eclipses in the series. The first penumbral eclipse of saros cycle 113 began on 29 April 888 AD, first partial eclipse on 14 July 1014, and total first was on 20 March 1429. The last total eclipse occurred on 7 August 1645, last partial on 21 February 1970, and last penumbral eclipse on 10 June 2150.^[1]

Half-Saros cycle[]

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 120.

9 March 1997	20 March 2015

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 14.99 - penumbral (113) 2025 Mar 14.29 - total (123) 2044 Mar 13.82 - total (133) - partial (143)	2006 Sep 07.79 - partial (118) 2025 Sep 07.76 - total (128) 2044 Sep 07.47 - partial (138) - penumbral (148)