Eclipse

Total lunar eclipse

best from the Americas, Europe

Where the Moon is above the horizon at mid-eclipse.

Visible from the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia.

Eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC. Outlines: Natural Earth, US Census Bureau

The last total lunar eclipse of the 2020s — a copper-red full Moon, visible to anyone on the night side with a clear sky. Lunar eclipses are completely safe to watch with your eyes alone, and need no equipment at all.

For the background, read Eclipses in Moon, planets & eclipses.

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