March 2006 lunar eclipse


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. The tables below contain detailed predictions and additional information on the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 14 March 2006.

Eclipse Characteristics

Date = 14 March 2006
Penumbral Magnitude = 1.03010
Umbral Magitude = -0.06030
Gamma = 1.02106
Epsilon = 0 degrees, 55 minutes, 16.32 seconds
Saros Series: 113th

Opposition Times

Greatest Eclipse = 14 Mar 2006 23:47:30.1 UTC
Ecliptic Opposition = 14 Mar 2006 23:35:25.9 UTC
Equatorial Opposition = 14 Mar 2006 22:40:10.6 UTC

Geocentric Coordinates of Sun and Moon

Sun right ascension = 23 hours, 38 minutes, 54.0 seconds
Moon right ascension = 11 hours, 40 minutes, 41.4 seconds
Earth's shadow right ascension = 11 hours, 38 minutes, 54.0 seconds
Sun declination = 2 degrees, 16 minutes, 57.9 seconds south of Celestial Equator
Moon declination = 3 degrees, 5 minutes, 17.9 seconds north of Celestial Equator
Earth's shadow declination = 2 degrees, 16 minutes, 57.9 seconds north of Celestial Equator
Sun diameter: 1930.2 arcseconds
Moon diameter: 1770.2 arcseconds

Geocentric Libration of Moon

Latitude: 1.8 degrees south
Longitude: 1.2 degrees west
Direction: 21.8

Earth's Shadows

Penumbral Radius: 4254.84 arcseconds
Penumbral Diameter: 8509.68 arcseconds
Umbral Radius: 2324.52 arcseconds
Umbral Diameter: 4649.04 arcseconds

Times

Penumbral Begins: 14 Mar 2006 21:23:44.6 UTC
Greatest Eclipse: 14 Mar 2006 23:47:30.1 UTC
Penumbral Ends: 15 Mar 2006 02:11:16.9 UTC

Eclipse Season">Eclipse season">Eclipse Season

This is the first eclipse this season.
Second eclipse this season: 29 March 2006 Total Solar Eclipse

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

Relation to other lunar eclipses

Eclipses of 2006

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 April 29, 888 AD, first partial eclipse on July 14, 1014, and total first was on March 20, 1429. The last total eclipse occurred on August 7, 1645, last partial on February 21, 1970, and last penumbral eclipse on June 10, 2150.

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days. This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 120.
March 9, 1997March 20, 2015

Metonic cycles (19 years)