... A Partial Eclipse Over the Golden Gate Bridge . ... Part of the Sun disappeared behind the Moon earlier this week. Previously, the waning Moon was best visible from all places on Earth during the early morning hours because it trailed the Sun. As the Moon orbited the Earth, however, it caught up to the Sun and passed it on the sky. ... A closer look of the Eagle Nebula, however, shows the bright region is actually a window into the center of a larger dark shell of dust. ...