Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2021 November 20 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. An Almost Total Lunar Eclipse Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Robert Fedez Explanation: Predawn hours of November 19 found the Moon in partly cloudy skies over Cancun, Mexico. Captured in this [5]telephoto snapshot, the lunar disk is not quite entirely immersed in Earth's dark [6]umbral shadow during a long partial lunar eclipse. The partial eclipse was deep though, deep enough to show the dimmed but reddened light in Earth's shadow. [7]That's a sight often anticipated by [8]fans of total lunar eclipses. Wandering through the constellation Taurus, the eclipsed [9]Moon's dimmer light also made it easier to spot the Pleiades star cluster. The stars of the [10]Seven Sisters share this frame at the upper right, with the [11]almost totally eclipsed Moon. Notable APOD Submissions (so far): [12]Lunar Eclipse of 2021 November 19 Tomorrow's picture: X-ray Sun Day __________________________________________________________________ [13]< | [14]Archive | [15]Submissions | [16]Index | [17]Search | [18]Calendar | [19]RSS | [20]Education | [21]About APOD | [22]Discuss | [23]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [24]Robert Nemiroff ([25]MTU) & [26]Jerry Bonnell ([27]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [28]Specific rights apply. [29]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [30]ASD at [31]NASA / [32]GSFC & [33]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2111/IMG_8522-1.png 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 4. https://www.facebook.com/RobertFedezPhoto/ 5. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=386569949753618&set=a.191806399229975 6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190126.html 7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210528.html 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210604.html 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211118.html 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191107.html 11. https://moon.nasa.gov/news/168/an-almost-total-lunar-eclipse/ 12. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4165400376897483&type=3 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211119.html 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 17. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 22. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=211120 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211121.html 24. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 25. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 26. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 27. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 29. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 30. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 31. https://www.nasa.gov/ 32. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 33. http://www.mtu.edu/