August 2017 lunar eclipse
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Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes behind the Earth so that the Earth blocks the Sun's rays from striking the Moon. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned exactly, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle. Hence, a lunar eclipse can only occur the night of a...
will take place on August 7, 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 across the contiguous United States
United States
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in 45 years.
Visibility
It will be visible over eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.