Astronomy Index
Earth Moon System

Total Lunar Eclipse

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Passage of the Moon through Earth's shadow

During a total lunar eclipse, the Moon moves through the Earth's penumbra, into the umbra, back out into the penumbra and finally into full sunlight again on the other side. From start to finish, the whole event takes around three hours to unfold.