2023-10-28 00:39:03

People on 4 continents could see the moon pass through Earths shadow this weekend

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A partial lunar eclipse will take over the night sky on Saturday for a dazzling show that will allow sky-gazers to see part of Earth’s shadow reflected on the moon.

For those in the eclipse path — which spans all of Europe, Africa, most of Asia and western Australia,according to EarthSky—the moon will appear to have a bite taken out of it during the partial eclipse from 3:34 p.m. to 4:52 p.m. ET.

Surrounding the partial eclipse will be a penumbral eclipse that begins

...its finality on November 22, and five othermeteor shower peaks left to catch:● Southern Taurids: November 5-6● Northern Taurids: November 11-12● Leonids: November 17-18● Geminids: December 13-14● Ursids: December 21-22Full moonsThere are two full moons remaining in 2023,according to the Farmers’ Almanac:● November 27: Beaver moon● December 26: Cold moon