| Total Lunar Eclipse May 15-16, 2003 | |
|---|---|
| File:Penumbral lunar eclipse 2006 March 14 Warrenton VA.jpg 0:54 UT from Warrenton, Virginia (Penumbral shadow visible faintly on the right an hour past greatest eclipse) | |
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| 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 |
| File:Lunar eclipse chart-2006Mar14.gif The moon's path across shadow in Virgo. | |
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on March 14-15, 2006, the first of two lunar eclipses in 2006.
This eclipse is the first of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, March 13-14, each separated by 19 years. The moon's path progresses southward through each sequential eclipse:
| File:Lunar eclipse chart-2006Mar14.gif March 14, 2006 Penumbral (Saros series 113) |
 March 14, 2025 Total (Saros series 123) |
 March 13, 2044 Total (Saros series 133) |
 March 14, 2063 Partial (Saros series 143) |
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