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Partial lunar eclipse

Thursday, September 7, 2006 at 06:51 PM UTC
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Peak (UTC)
Thursday, Sep 7
Type
Partial lunar eclipse
Obscuration
12%
Partial duration
92 min
Local circumstances
Phase times in your local time, plus where to look in the sky from Palo Alto, California.
PhaseUTCLocal timeMoon altitudeDirection
P1 — Penumbral begins16:43:4509:43:45below horizon
U1 — Partial begins18:05:0511:05:05below horizon
MAX — Greatest eclipse18:51:1811:51:18below horizon
U2 — Partial ends19:37:3112:37:31below horizon
P2 — Penumbral ends20:58:5113:58:51below horizon
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
1 Saros earlier
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1 Saros later
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