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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 .
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 ...
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.
In the 5,000 years from 2000 BC to 3000 AD, there will be a total of 12,064 lunar eclipses: 4,378 penumbral eclipses, of which 4,237 were partial and 141 were total. 4,207 partial eclipses. 3,479 total eclipses, of which 2,074 were central and 1,405 were non-central. The longest partial lunar eclipse during this period will occur on 8 February ...
A total lunar eclipse occurred on 15–16 May 2022, the first of two total lunar eclipses in 2022. The event occurred near lunar perigee; as a result, this event was referred to some in media coverage as a "super flower blood moon" and elsewhere as a "super blood moon", a supermoon that coincides with a total lunar eclipse.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened.. By type. List of central lunar eclipses; Total penumbral lunar eclipse; By classification
A partial lunar eclipse occurred on 19 November 2021. The eclipse occurred towards a micromoon. [2] This was the longest partial lunar eclipse since 18 February 1440, and the longest until 8 February, 2669; however, many eclipses, including the November 2022 lunar eclipse, have a longer period of umbral contact at next to 3 hours 40 minutes. [3]
This partial lunar eclipse 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. The lunar eclipse was considered to be fulfilling a prophecy for the city's demise.