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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Полутеневое лунное затмение http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1600643/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Gyorgy Soponyai
Explanation:
This
composited series of images follows the Moon on
January 10, the first Full Moon of 2020, in Hungarian skies.
The lunar disk is in
mid-eclipse at the center of the sequence
though.
It looks only slightly darker there as it passes
through the light outer shadow or
penumbra of planet Earth.
In fact during this penumbral lunar eclipse the Moon
almost crossed into the
northern
edge
of Earth's dark central shadow or umbra.
Subtle and hard to see,
this penumbral lunar eclipse was the first
of four lunar eclipses in 2020, all of which will be penumbral
lunar eclipses.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.