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A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Monday, March 25, 2024, [1] with an umbral magnitude of −0.1304. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's ...
“A penumbral eclipse occurs as the moon moving through the penumbral shadow of the Earth. In these cases, the darkening of the moon is usually quite difficult to spot, as some of the Moon is ...
A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Friday, May 5, 2023, [1] with an umbral magnitude of −0.0438. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's ...
A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, August 17, 2027, [1] with an umbral magnitude of −0.5234. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth ...
A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Friday, July 27, 2018, [1] with an umbral magnitude of 1.6100. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow.
A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring about 4.8 days after apogee (on December 5, 2011, at 20:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
Lunar eclipse series sets from 1966–1969 Descending node Ascending node Saros Date Viewing Type Chart Gamma Saros Date Viewing Type Chart Gamma 111 1966 May 4: Penumbral: 1.05536 116 1966 Oct 29: Penumbral: −1.05999 121 1967 Apr 24: Total: 0.29722 126 1967 Oct 18: Total: −0.36529 131 1968 Apr 13: Total: −0.41732 136 1968 Oct 6: Total: 0 ...
A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Friday, June 5, 2020, [1] with an umbral magnitude of −0.4036. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's ...