lunar eclipse
noun
: an eclipse in which the full moon passes partially or wholly through the umbra of the earth's shadow
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Next month's full moon — September’s corn moon — will be a total lunar eclipse on Sunday, Sept. 8.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
To top it off, the moon was in a full lunar eclipse.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 18 July 2025
New Moon: March 29. March 2025 total lunar eclipse
North America will experience a total lunar eclipse the night of Thursday, March 13 into the early morning of Friday, March 14, 2025.
—John Tufts, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Apr. 2025
The lunar eclipse is tonight, and anyone who watched the solar eclipse in Central Texas last year knows that clouds are the biggest enemy.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
To top it off, the moon was in a full lunar eclipse.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 18 July 2025
New Moon: March 29. March 2025 total lunar eclipse
North America will experience a total lunar eclipse the night of Thursday, March 13 into the early morning of Friday, March 14, 2025.
—John Tufts, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Apr. 2025
The lunar eclipse is tonight, and anyone who watched the solar eclipse in Central Texas last year knows that clouds are the biggest enemy.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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“Lunar eclipse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunar%20eclipse. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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