• Partial lunar eclipse of September 18, 2024, visible from Americas, Europe, and Africa

    ByHarsha Borah

    The partial lunar eclipse of September 18, 2024, will be visible from several continents, including the Americas, Europe, and Africa. It is part of a series of astronomical phenomena in 2024 that will last more than four hours, with the partial phase beginning at 00:41 UTC and peaking at 02:44. During this period, a small piece of the Moon will pass through Earth’s umbral shadow, darkening around 8.5% of its surface.

  • Partial lunar eclipse and full moon rise of August 7, 2017

    ByTeo Blašković

    On Monday, July 7, 2017, a partial lunar eclipse was visible at moonrise before the shadow shrank into the penumbral area, and eventually faded. "I went up the Jura mountain in France to have a clear view of the full moon rising over the Alps. As cumulus and…

  • Partial lunar eclipse of August 7, 2017

    ByTeo Blašković

    A partial lunar eclipse will take place on August 7, 2017, with the greatest eclipse occurring at 18:20 UTC. It will be visible from eastern Europe, throughout most of eastern Africa, central Asia, the Indian Ocean, and Australia. This lunar eclipse will begin at…

  • Night sky guide for August 2017

    ByTeo Blašković

    Solar eclipse chasers, especially those living in the United States, have waited for this month for many years. On August 21, a rare, once-in-a-lifetime event for viewers in the US will make the Moon completely block out the Sun – total solar eclipse, revealing the…

  • The first lunar eclipse of 2012 – warm-up for Transit of Venus

    ByChillymanjaro

    At 20:00 UTC (3:00 am Pacific Daylight Time), not long before sunrise on Monday, June 4th, the Moon passes directly behind our planet. Full Moon will fall under the shadow of Earth, producing the first lunar eclipse of 2012.  At maximum eclipse, around 21:00 UTC (4:04