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A total lunar eclipse occurred on Tuesday, 8 November 2022. The southern limb of the Moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow. It surpassed the previous eclipse as the longest total lunar eclipse visible from nearly all of North America since 17 August 1989, and until 26 June 2029. [1][2][3] Occurring only 5.8 days before apogee (on ...
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 ...
The moon is seen through the clouds during a partial lunar eclipse over Caracas, Venezuela, early on November 8, 2022. - Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images
Peeking through the clouds just before 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, the Harvest supermoon emerged through the clouds over the Atlantic Ocean in Florida. The eclipse was expected to peak around 10:44 p.m ...
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]
Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024. 2026 August 12. Total solar eclipse near lunar perigee. 2027 February 6. Annular solar eclipse. 2027 August 2. Total solar eclipse. 2027 August 7. Asteroid (137108) 1999 AN 10 will pass within 388,960 km (0.0026 AU) of Earth.
November 2022 →. A total lunar eclipse occurred on 15–16 May 2022, the first of two total lunar eclipses in 2022. [1] The event occurred near lunar perigee; as a result, this event was referred to some in media coverage as a "super flower blood moon" [Note 1][2][3][4] and elsewhere as a "super blood moon", [5][6][7] a supermoon that ...