Sunday, August 17, 2008

August 2008 lunar eclipse


A partial lunar eclipse will take place on August 16, 2008, the second of two lunar eclipses in 2008. Most of Eastern Europe and Africa, and a large portion of Western and Central Asia and India, Maldives will see the entire eclipse. South America, Eastern Asia and Australia will observe part of the event.
The partial eclipse is the second of the two
lunar eclipses in 2008, with the first being a total eclipse on February 20, 2008. The next lunar eclipse will be a penumbral eclipse occurring on February 9, 2009, while the next total lunar eclipse will occur on December 21, 2010 [2].

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