August 2017 lunar eclipse

Partial Lunar Eclipse August 7, 2017
This chart shows the right-to-left hourly motion of the moon through the earth's shadow. The moon inside the umbral shadow will be a subtle red, but hard to see in contrast to the much brighter moon remaining in the outer penumbral shadow.
Series (and member)	119 (62 of 83)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial	1:55:14
Penumbral	5:00:53
Contacts
P1	15:50:02 UTC
U1	17:22:55
Greatest	18:20:28
U4	19:18:10
P4	20:50:56

A partial lunar eclipse will take place on August 7/8, 2017, the second of two lunar eclipses in 2017. The Moon will only be slightly covered by the Earth's umbral shadow at maximum eclipse.

This will precede by 14 days the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, which will be the first total solar eclipse visible in the contiguous United States since the February 26, 1979 eclipse.

Visibility

It will be visible over eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.

View of earth from moon at greatest eclipse
480px Visibility map

Related eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2016–2020
Descending node			Ascending node
Saros	Date	Type Viewing	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
109	2016 Aug 18	Penumbral	114	2017 Feb 11	Penumbral
119	2017 Aug 07	Partial	124	2018 Jan 31	Total
129	2018 Jul 27	Total	134	2019 Jan 21	Total
139	2019 Jul 16	Partial	144	2020 Jan 10	Penumbral
149	2020 Jul 05	Penumbral

Last set	2016 Sep 16		Last set	2016 Mar 23

Next set	2020 Jun 05		Next set	2020 Nov 30