lunar eclipse
Britishnoun
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A solar eclipse, one of the year's most popular meteor showers, a dazzling evening appearance by Venus, and a lunar eclipse will fill August with memorable celestial events.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Unlike a solar eclipse, a lunar eclipse can be viewed safely without eye protection.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
A partial lunar eclipse will then follow in the early hours of 28 August.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
For Glover, the "greatest gift" of the mission was seeing the lunar eclipse from beyond the far side of the moon.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
From the size of the Earth’s shadow on the Moon during a lunar eclipse, he deduced that the Sun had to be much larger than the Earth, as well as very far away.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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