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Composite image of the April 2014 total lunar eclipse from Charleston, West Virginia, United States. A lunar eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. [1]
It was seen during the Fall of Constantinople (the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire), during the siege that lasted from Thursday, 5 April 1453 until Tuesday, 29 May 1453), after which the city fell to the Ottomans.
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A partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, [1] with an umbral magnitude of 0.0869. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened.
A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Friday, March 14, 2025, [1] with an umbral magnitude of 1.1804. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened.
The supermoon of 14 November 2016 was 356,511 km (221,526 mi) away [1] from the center of Earth. Supermoons occur 3–4 times per year. [2] As the Earth revolves around the Sun, approximate axial parallelism of the Moon's orbital plane (tilted five degrees to the Earth's orbital plane) results in the revolution of the lunar nodes relative to the Earth.
An eclipse season is the only time when the Sun (from the perspective of the Earth) is close enough to one of the Moon's nodes to allow an eclipse to occur. During the season, whenever there is a full moon a lunar eclipse may occur and whenever there is a new moon a solar eclipse may occur.
An ESA radio telescope located at the New Norcia Station, Western Australia, tracking the "super blue moon" of August 30, 2023. The blue colour is an effect of the camera. [1]