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The eclipsed Moon glows red in a starry, partially hazy night sky, above a cliff of layered rock in the foreground.

March 2026 Total Lunar Eclipse

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A reddish sky is shown with the bright circle of the Sun, a dark bite taken out of it. The dark circle covering about a third of the Sun's left side is the Moon, during a solar eclipse. In the foreground is the silhouette of the U.S. Capitol.

June 2021 Partial Solar Eclipse

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full moon over mountain ridge in pink sunset light

Lone Peak Moon

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Moonset on the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Launch

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A black circle surrounded by a white, smudgey, streaky halo showing the Moon blocking the Sun during an eclipse.

August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse

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Supermoon and Jet (2017)

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Total Lunar Eclipse Sequence

September 2015 Supermoon Eclipse

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International Space Station Lunar Transit

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Photograph of a full Moon over a river and marshland. The background sky is turning dark, in hues of blue and pink.

Moonrise Over the Syr Darya River

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Full Moon Over U.S. Capitol

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Jetliner silhouetted against a bright full Moon.

Blue Moon and Jet Over Virginia

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daylight moon over lenticular clouds and snowy mountaintops

A Layered Moonrise

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A faint waning Moon rises in daylight over rugged, snowy mountains

Day Moon Ridge

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Reddish Moon rises next to Lincoln Memorial.

2011 Supermoon Over Lincoln Memorial

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