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  2. August 2016 lunar eclipse - Wikipedia

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    A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, 18 August 2016. It was the second of three lunar eclipses in 2016. This was 3.7 days before the Moon reached perigee. There are multiple ways to determine the boundaries of Earth's shadow, so this was a miss according to some sources. The HM National Almanac Office's online canon of eclipses ...

  3. Full moon - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016 - Wikipedia

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    135 (39 of 71) Catalog # (SE5000) 9544. An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, September 1, 2016, [1][2][3][4] with a magnitude of 0.9736. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth.

  5. Blue moon - Wikipedia

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    A 1997 Taiwanese movie, Blue Moon, had the log line “There is usually only one full moon every month, but occasionally there are two – and that second full moon is called the Blue Moon. It is said that when a person sees a blue moon and makes a wish, he will be granted a second chance in things.”.

  6. Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 - Wikipedia

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    9546. The solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, dubbed the " Great American Eclipse " by some media, [ 1 ] was a total solar eclipse visible within a band that spanned the contiguous United States from the Pacific to the Atlantic coasts. It was also visible as a partial solar eclipse from as far north as Nunavut in northern Canada to as far south ...

  7. Why Tonight's Full Moon Shouldn't Be Missed - AOL

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    For the month of August, the full moon is called the Sturgeon moon. Here's what it symbolizes, plus how you can watch it. Why Tonight's Full Moon Shouldn't Be Missed

  8. List of lunar eclipses in the 21st century - Wikipedia

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    Lists of lunar eclipses. There will be 230 lunar eclipses in the 21st century (2001–2100): 87 penumbral, 58 partial and 85 total. [1] Eclipses are listed in sets by lunar years, repeating every 12 months for each node. Ascending node eclipses are given a red background highlight. See also: List of lunar eclipses, List of 20th-century lunar ...

  9. Lunar eclipse - Wikipedia

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    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 ] Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Earth's orbit.