August 2017 lunar eclipse

Partial Lunar Eclipse
August 7, 2017

This chart shows the right-to-left hourly motion of the moon through the earth's shadow.
The moon inside the umbral shadow will be a subtle red, but hard to see in contrast to the much brighter moon remaining in the outer penumbral shadow.
Series (and member) 119 (62 of 83)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial 1:55:14
Penumbral 5:00:53
Contacts
P1 15:50:02 UTC
U1 17:22:55
Greatest 18:20:28
U4 19:18:10
P4 20:50:56

A partial lunar eclipse will take place on August 7/8, 2017, the second of two lunar eclipses in 2017. The Moon will only be slightly covered by the Earth's umbral shadow at maximum eclipse.

This will precede by 14 days the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, which will be the first total solar eclipse visible in the contiguous United States since the February 26, 1979 eclipse.

Visibility

It will be visible over eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.


View of earth from moon at greatest eclipse

Visibility map

Related eclipses

Lunar year series

Saros series

It is part of Saros cycle 119.

See also

Notes

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