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Astronomy Picture of the Day - A Partial Lunar Eclipse
NASA ^ | 29 Oct, 2023 | Image Credit & Copyright: Orazio Mezzio

Posted on 10/29/2023 3:03:09 PM PDT by MtnClimber

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.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; eclipse; lunareclipse; moon; nasa; science; themoon
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1 posted on 10/29/2023 3:03:09 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 10/29/2023 3:03:29 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; Agatsu77; America_Right; ...
Pinging the APOD list.

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3 posted on 10/29/2023 3:04:35 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Trump’s fault?


4 posted on 10/29/2023 3:12:06 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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I’ll take a partial lunar eclipse with a fries and a Coke.


5 posted on 10/29/2023 3:22:12 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: MtnClimber

Interesting.


6 posted on 10/29/2023 3:36:22 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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Saw that moon last night (or Friday night). Hadn’t read about the phenomenon before hand so was a little surprised. Thought of it as a gray or platinum moon.


7 posted on 10/29/2023 7:57:17 PM PDT by Will88 ((The only people opposing voter ID are those benefiting from voter fraud.))
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