August 2007 lunar eclipse
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A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, August 28, 2007, with an umbral magnitude of 1.4777. It was a central lunar eclipse, in which part of the Moon passed t
The eclipse as viewed from Wollongong, Australia at 9:48 UTC, shortly before totality
From Nagayo, Nagasaki, 10:33 UTC.
A wider angle shows stars around the moon.
A full sky view (moon on left) shows the Milky Way (across the center), which is usually invisible under a full moon.
Lunar eclipse
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A lunar eclipse, also called a blood moon, is an astronomical event that occurs when the Moon orbits through Earth's shadow. Lunar eclipses occur during eclipse season, when the Moon's orbital plane i
August 2007 lunar eclipse
…A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, August 28, 2007, with an umbral magnitude of 1.4777. It was a central lunar eclipse, in which…
Composite image of the April 2014 total lunar eclipse as viewed from Charleston, West Virginia
Totality during the lunar eclipse of 15 May 2022. Direct sunlight is being blocked by the Earth, and the only light reaching it is sunlight refracted by Earth's atmosphere, producing a reddish color.
A painting by Lucien Rudaux showing how a solar eclipse might appear when viewed from the lunar surface. The Moon's surface appears red because the only sunlight available is refracted through Earth's atmosphere on the edges of Earth, as shown in the sky in this painting.
Full Moon 2010