A partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, September 7, 2006, with an umbral magnitude of 0.1837. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A partial lunar eclipse occurs when one part of the Moon is in the Earth's umbra, while the other part is in the Earth's penumbra. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. Occurring only about 4 hours before perigee (on September 7, 2006, at 23:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.
Visibility The eclipse was completely visible over Asia, east Africa, eastern Europe and western Australia, seen rising over west Africa and western Europe and setting over eastern Australia and the western Pacific Ocean.
Hourly motion shown right to leftThe Moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Aquarius. Visibility map
Images
Gallery Degania A, Israel
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular lunar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+September 7, 2006 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 1.13488 Umbral Magnitude 0.18568 Gamma −0.92619 Sun Right Ascension 11h04m47.1s Sun Declination +05°54'23.1" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'52.4" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 23h06m35.6s Moon Declination -06°44'25.6" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'43.3" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'22.3" ΔT 65.1 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
+ Eclipse season of September 2006 September 7Ascending node (full moon) September 22Descending node (new moon) Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 118 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 144
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2006 A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 14. A total solar eclipse on March 29. A partial lunar eclipse on September 7. An annular solar eclipse on September 22.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 20, 2002 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 26, 2010
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 28, 1999 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 18, 2013
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 2, 1997 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 8, 1995 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 7, 2017
Lunar Saros 118 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 27, 1988 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 18, 2024
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 27, 1977 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 19, 2035
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 7, 1919 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 8, 2093
Lunar eclipses of 2006–2009
Metonic series
Saros 118
Tritos series
Inex series
Half-Saros cycle A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 125. September 2, 1997September 13, 2015
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:2006-09-07 Lunar Eclipse Sketch.gif Chart
References
External links
Hermit eclipse: 2006-09-07 Photo Photo from New Zealand