A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Tuesday, March 14, 2006,[1] with an umbral magnitude of −0.0584.

A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's penumbra.

Occurring about 2.2 days after apogee (on March 12, 2006, at 20:45 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 113, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events.