Make a lunar eclipse animation
Apr 21, 2022
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The total lunar eclipse on the morning of 16 May will be challenging: the the Moon will set around 05:00 BST (04:00 UT), just after the point of greatest eclipse and during morning twilight. The first part of the eclipse begins at 02:32 BST (01:32 UT) as the Moon moves into Earth’s weak penumbral shadow, but this is hard to see visually. As the Moon progresses into the penumbral shadow, heading towards the outer edge of the umbral shadow, so
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