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Lunar eclipses

November 2022

  • The blood moon during a total lunar eclipse

    How to see tonight’s blood moon total lunar eclipse from Australia and New Zealand

    Moon will take on a red hue as light reaching it passes through dust in the Earth’s atmosphere

May 2022

  • A total lunar eclipse

    Starwatch
    Total lunar eclipse 2022: when, where and what to look out for

    The moon passes through the shadow of the Earth next weekend, begins at 0232 BST on 16 May

November 2021

  • The moon during a partial lunar eclipse

    Moonrise magic: why Friday’s lunar eclipse offers an unusual twilight show for most of Australia

    This will be the longest partial eclipse of the 21st century, lasting three hours and 28 minutes
  • The super blood moon seen around the world in May.

    ‘Blood micromoon’: New Zealand to enjoy partial lunar eclipse not seen for 800 years

    Stargazers will be able to see longest partial eclipse visible from New Zealand since 1212
  • The moon mostly covered by the Earth's shadow

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    Starwatch: an ‘almost total’ eclipse of the moon

    People in the Americas and Pacific best placed to view lunar event from start to finish

May 2021

  • Supermoon In China

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    Spacewatch: total lunar eclipse and largest supermoon of the year

    Although the full supermoon will be easily seen from Europe and Africa, sadly the eclipse will not be

July 2019

  • Stoodley Pike near Todmorden in West Yorkshire.

    Partial lunar eclipse – in pictures

    Stargazers have been treated to a cosmic spectacle as a partial lunar eclipse was visible across parts of the UK. The event on Tuesday evening coincided with the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 launching its moon mission. Clear skies across much of the country gave people a stunning view of the phenomenon, including in London, Yorkshire and at Jodrell Bank observatory in Cheshire. The partial eclipse was also visible in Australia, Africa and much of Asia
  • The July 2019 partial lunar eclipse, visible from Australia to Europe, pictured over Brasilia in Brazil.

    Lunar eclipse 2019: from Australia to UK, stargazers enjoy bright side of the moon

    Photographers from Sydney to Brasilia capture July’s stunning partial lunar eclipse
  • A multiple exposure photograph shows the moon in various stages of  eclipse during the partial lunar eclipse of 7 August 2017.

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    Starwatch: Earth's shadow takes a bite out of the moon

    Most of us will get a chance this week to see a partial lunar eclipse. Though not if you live in North America, Greenland or northern Russia

January 2019

  • Stargazers across the globe have braved sub-zero temperatures to catch a glimpse of the lunar phenomenon known as a super blood wolf moon

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    What the super blood wolf moon looked like around the world – video report

  • Before the super blood wolf moon lunar eclipse, the full moon rises through the clouds in California.

    Super blood wolf moon: stargazers battle cold and clouds to view lunar eclipse

  • A blood moon

    Super blood wolf moon: rare total lunar eclipse to appear in skies

  • Total lunar eclipse on 27 July 2018, seen over the Säntis Mountain, Appenzell, Switzerland.

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    Starwatch: total eclipse of a supermoon

  • A bride poses for photo during a total lunar eclipse from in Brasilia, Brazil, July 27, 2018. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Space stations, dark rituals and chorizo: the blood moon, as seen on social media

  • The lunar eclipse as seen from Perth on Saturday morning.

    Australians wake to 'beautiful sight' of blood-moon eclipse

  • Germany

    2018's blood moon seen around the world – in pictures

    The world’s press photographers have fun taking pictures of the lunar eclipse
  • Supermoon rises behind the Sultan Ahmet Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey on July 26, 2018.

    Blood moon 2018: the lunar eclipse – as it happened

    Tracking the eclipse from Australia, India, the Middle East, east Africa and Europe
    • Clouds put damper on hopes of blood moon sightings in UK

    • Nasa captures historic eclipse and blood moon from all over the world - video

    • Across the universe
      Lunar eclipse 2018: when to see the blood moon – and the science behind it

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