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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 .
Metonic series. This eclipse is the last of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, 28–29 October, each separated by 19 years: The metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will in nearly the same location ...
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.
NASA's tracker map allows you to see where the solar eclipse is at this moment. Tap "LIVE" when the map loads up to see exactly where the eclipse is in real time. NASA is tracking the location of ...
MORE: How to see March’s full Worm Moon and the first lunar eclipse of the year During the total eclipse, the moon passes between the sun and earth to completely block the face of the sun.
A lunar occultation of Uranus happened during the eclipse. [5] It was the first total lunar eclipse on Election Day in US history. [6] [7] This event was referred in media coverage as a "beaver blood moon". [8] [9] This lunar eclipse was the fourth and last of an almost tetrad, the others being 26 May 2021 , 19 November 2021 and 16 May 2022 .
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 ...
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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular ...