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Lunar Eclipses - 2000 through 2020

Lunar Eclipse

Image courtesy of Andy Steere.

A lunar eclipse (eclipse of the Moon) occurs when the Moon passes through Earth's shadow. A solar eclipse (eclipse of the Sun) happens when the Moon's shadow passes across part of Earth, when the Moon moves between Earth and the Sun.

The table below lists lunar eclipses.


Note: Each eclipse of the Moon can be seen from about half of the Earth's surface.
Year
Dates and Extent of Eclipses
2000
July 16 - Total
-
-
2001
January 9 - Total
July 5 - Partial
December 30 - Penumbral
-
2002
May 26 - Penumbral
Jun 24 - Penumbral
November 20 - Penumbral
-
2003
-
-
2004
May 4 - Total
-
-
2005
April 24 - Penumbral
October 17 - Partial
-
-
2006
March 14 - Penumbral
September 7 - Partial
-
-
2007
March 3 - Total
August 28 - Total
-
-
2008
February 21 - Total
August 16 - Partial
-
-
2009
February 9 - Penumbral
July 7 - Penumbral
August 6 - Penumbral
-
2010
June 26 - Partial
December 21 - Total
-
-
2011
June 15 - Total
December 10 - Total
-
-
2012
June 4 - Partial
November 28 - Penumbral
-
-
2013
April 25 - Partial
May 25 - Penumbral
October 18 - Penumbral
-
2014
April 15 - Total
October 8 - Total
-
-
2015
April 4 - Total
September 28 - Total
-
-
2016
March 23 - Penumbral
August 18 - Penumbral
September 16 - Penumbral
-
2017
February 17 - Penumbral
August 7 - Partial
-
-
2018
January 31 - Total
July 27 - Total
-
-
2019
January 21 - Total
July 16 - Partial
-
-
2020
January 10 - Penumbral
June 5 - Penumbral
July 5 - Penumbral
November 30 - Penumbral


Last modified February 13, 2008 by Randy Russell.
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