September 2006 lunar eclipse

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

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:
# September 7, 2006 [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2006Sep07P.gif] - penumbral (Saros series [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEsaros/LEsaros118.html 118] )
# September 7, 2025 [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2025Sep07T.gif] - total (Saros series [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEsaros/LEsaros128.html 128] )
# September 7, 2044 [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2044Sep07T.gif] - partial (Saros series [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEsaros/LEsaros138.html 138] )
# September 7, 2063 [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot2051/LE2063Sep07N.gif] - partial (Saros series [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEsaros/LEsaros148.html 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

External links

* [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2006Sep07P.gifNasa chart]

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