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July 2018 lunar eclipse. A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node on 27 July 2018. The Moon passed through the center of Earth's shadow in what was the first central lunar eclipse since 15 June 2011. It was also the second total lunar eclipse in 2018, after the one on 31 January. It was the longest total lunar eclipse of the ...
A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, July 13, 2018, [ 1][ 2][ 3] with a magnitude of 0.3365. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of ...
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 .
12 July, 05:30: Mercury at greatest eastern elongation: 12 July: Pluto at opposition: 13 July, 03:01: New moon and partial solar eclipse: 13 July, 08:18: Moon at perigee: 27 July, 05:13: Mars at opposition: 27 July, 05:28: Moon at apogee: 27 July: Comet C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS) at max brightness 27 July, 20:23: Full moon and total lunar eclipse ...
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2018 lunar eclipse. There are two total lunar eclipses occurring in 2018: January 2018 lunar eclipse. July 2018 lunar eclipse.
The full moon of 31 January 2018 was the second full moon that calendar month (in most time zones), making it, under one definition of the term, a "blue moon". Additionally referencing the orange or red "blood" colors that occur during a lunar eclipse, media sources described the event as a "super blue blood Moon".
According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, the July full moon is called the Buck Moon because the antlers of male deer, which shed and regrow yearly, are in full-growth mode during this month ...