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Credit & Copyright:
Peter Ward (Barden Ridge Observatory)
Explanation:
August's Full Moon is framed in this sharp,
high dynamic
range composition.
Captured before sunrise on August 8 from Sydney, Australia,
south is up and the Earth's dark, umbral shadow is at the left,
near the maximum phase of a
partial lunar eclipse.
Kicking off the eclipse season, this time the Full Moon's
grazing slide through Earth's shadow
was visible from the eastern hemisphere.
Up next is the much anticipated total solar eclipse of August 21.
Then, the New Moon's shadow track will include North America, the
narrow path of totality running
coast
to coast through the United States.
Peter Ward (Barden Ridge Observatory)
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See also:
- APOD: 2026 August 29 Á Eclipse Pair
- APOD: 2026 August 25 Á Earths Shadow Visualized with Lunar Eclipses
- APOD: 2025 November 3 Á A Double Helix Lunar Eclipse
- APOD: 2025 September 11 Á The Umbra of Earth
- APOD: 2025 March 25 Á A Blue Banded Blood Moon
- Eclipse Pair
- APOD: 2023 October 29 Á A Partial Lunar Eclipse