EarthSky News - Aug 7 - Partial Lunar Eclipse Tonight

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Tonight … Partial lunar eclipse Africa and Europe will see the partial lunar eclipse after sunset August 7. India and western Asia will see it around midnight August 7. Eastern Asia, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand will see it before sunrise August 8. This eclipse will not be visible in the Americas. Is 2014 MU69 composed of 2 objects? The next target for the New Horizons spacecraft - which passed Pluto in 2015 - reveals itself, intriguingly, to be a possible contact binary, that is, 2 objects in 1. Why no eclipse at every new and full moon? In 2017, there are 12 full moons and 12 new moons, but only 4 eclipses - 2 lunar and 2 solar. Countdown to solar eclipse: August 21, 2017 Two weeks to go! All you need to know about the 1st total solar eclipse visible from the contiguous U.S. since 1979, from eclipse master Fred Espenak. How to know your eclipse glasses are safe If you purchased eclipse glasses from EarthSky, you're fine. We're on the approved list of reputable vendors. We're sold out again! Check this link for other vendors.

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Partial lunar eclipse This eclipse will not be visible in the Americas.

Tonight … Partial lunar eclipse September 27-28, 2015 moon in partial eclipse, rising in Tucson, Arizona, as captured by BG Boyd Photo.   Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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