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Generally, a lunar eclipse happens _about_ every 6 months - or, to be more precise, every 6 full moons, which isn't exactly the same thing. Sometimes there are two partial lunar eclipses a month apart rather than one total lunar eclipse, but on average, every 6 months or so.

You can see the catalog of all eclipses from 2000 BCE to 3000 AD on the NASA Eclipse Web Site at the link below.

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