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Lunar eclipses

When the Moon crosses the Earth's shadow: contact times, umbral magnitude, how high it stands above your own horizon, and why the same eclipse is a spectacle in one place and invisible in another.

The 28 August Lunar Eclipse: Western Europe Will Miss Half of It

The Earth's shadow will cover 96.6 % of the disc. But from Western Europe the Moon sets before the eclipse ends, seven degrees above the horizon, in a sky already turning grey. From the Caribbean and North America the whole thing happens high overhead in full darkness. Here are the times, the altitudes, and where you actually want to be.

Une Lune presque pleine, basse dans un ciel crépusculaire rose et bleu, au-dessus de parcs à huîtres découverts par la marée et d'un horizon marin entièrement dégagé.