en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saros_(a neat thing: when one lunar eclipse occurs, approximately 18 years and 11⅓ days later, there will be another identical eclipse
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actually, this applies for solar eclipses too, and the two cycles are offset by exactly half of a cycle (so nine years and 5⅔ days after a lunar eclipse, there will be a solar one, and vice versa)

it's only an approximation, of course, but it's a pretty accurate one
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