February 2017 lunar eclipse
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A penumbral lunar eclipse
will take place on February 11, 2017, the first of two lunar eclipses in 2017. It will not quite be a total penumbral 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 February 11, 2017, the first of two lunar eclipses in 2017. It will not quite be a total penumbral lunar eclipse
Total penumbral lunar eclipse
A total penumbral eclipse is a lunar eclipse occurs when the moon becomes completely immersed in the penumbral cone of the Earth without touching the umbra....
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