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RJN wrote:Thanks, redcliffe and Chris and Markus. My bad. Indeed the phase of a lunar eclipse is the same to everyone who can see it. I just glitched. I fixed the caption to now be correct. Sorry! - RJN

Cool! I just wasn't sure whether there was something I was completely missing. Thanks!

David

It is not correct to say that this eclipse wasn't total- from India or anyplace else (even if it wasn't visible from every place). So there was a bit of the moon still in the penumbra and it was only visible from certain perspectives being behind the limb of the moon from other spots? Thanks, David

I have to take exception to the caption on this one. The shadow of the earth is a cone. If the moon is entirely within this cone, it's a total lunar eclipse. We all get the same view of the moon, and it's not illuminated from the sun differently if you're at a different point on earth. Therefore if ...