Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Eta Virginis is a star in the constellation Virgo. Zaniah is about 204 light years distant from the Sun, and has apparent magnitude +3.9 and is of spectral type A2IV. Although the star looks single in any telescope, lunar occultations have shown this star to be a very close triple star system consisting of two stars only 0.5 AU apart with a third slightly more distant star. Because Zaniah is near the ecliptic, it can be occulted by the Moon and by planets.