Assertion: eclipse's path | /r/HasProperty | shifted
Facets:
value: northward
type: MANNER
value: each successive saros
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The first eclipse in such series passes through the southern edge of the Earth's shadow, and the Moon's path is shifted northward each successive saros, while lunar eclipses occurring near the Moon's ascending node are given even saros series numbers.
text: The first eclipse in such series passes through the northern edge of the Earth's shadow, and the Moon's path is shifted southward each successive saros.
text: The first eclipse in such series passes through the southern edge of the Earth's shadow, and the Moon's path is shifted northward each successive saros, while lunar eclipses occurring near the Moon's ascending node are givensaros series numbers.
text: The first eclipse in such series passes through the northern edge of the Earth's shadow, and the Moon's path is shifted southward each successive saros.
text: Each saros series starts with a partial eclipse (Sun first enters the end of the node), and each successive saros the path of the Moon is shifted either northward (when near the descending node) or southward (when near the ascending node) due to the fact that the saros is not an exact integer of draconic months (about one hour short).