August’s full moon Captured before sunrise and the curve of the Earth’s dark, umbral shadow is at the left, near the maximum phase of a partial lunar eclipse.
The image above taken on August 8 from Sydney, Australia. Credit Peter Ward (Barden Ridge Observatory)
August 7, just two weeks before the much-anticipated total eclipse of the sun on August 21, the full moon will pass through the northern part of the Earth’s dark umbral shadow, creating a partial eclipse of the moon visible in Eastern Hemisphere.
The moon goes through the Earth’s shadow from west to east.
via APOD
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