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March 2024 lunar eclipse. A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Monday, March 25, 2024. It was visible to the naked eye as 95.57% of the Moon was immersed in Earth 's penumbral shadow, making it the deepest penumbral eclipse overall since May 5, 2023, and the deepest for North and South America since February 11, 2017. [1]
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.
October 2023 →. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred on Friday, 5 May 2023, the first of two lunar eclipses in 2023. The moon's apparent diameter was 0.1% larger than average since it occurred 5.5 days before perigee (Perigee on 11 May 2023). This was the deepest penumbral eclipse (with –0.0457 magnitude) since February 2017 and until ...
Lunar eclipse. 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 .
A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Saturday, March 29, 2025, [ 1] with a magnitude of 0.9376. 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. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the ...
On May 5, 2023, there's a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio. Learn about the meaning of this event in astrology and read your horoscope by zodiac sign.
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Thursday, April 20, 2023, [ 1] with a magnitude of 1.0132. It was a hybrid event, a narrow total eclipse, and beginning and ending as an annular eclipse. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun thereby totally or partly obscuring the Sun for ...
The moon looks slightly darker during a 2023 penumbral lunar eclipse in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. On Monday, the lunar event will begin at 12:53 a.m. ET. - Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP/Getty Images