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Credit & Copyright: Orazio Mezzio
Explanation:
What's happened to the Moon?
Within the last day, part of the Moon moved through the
Earth's shadow.
This happens about
once or twice a year,
but not every month since the Moon's orbit around the Earth is
slightly tilted.
Pictured here, the face of a full
Hunter's
Moon is shown twice from
Italy during this partial
lunar eclipse.
On the left, most of the Moon appears overexposed except for the eclipsed bottom right,
which shows some familiar
lunar surface details.
In contrast, on the right, most of the (same)
Moon appears normally exposed,
with the exception of the bottom right, which now appears dark.
All lunar eclipses are visible from the half of the
Earth facing the Moon at the time of the eclipse, but
this eclipse was
visible specifically from
Europe,
Africa,
Asia, and
Australia,
clouds permitting.
In April, a
total solar eclipse will be visible from
North America.
Album:
Selected partial lunar eclipse images sent in to APOD
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