lunar eclipse

noun

: an eclipse in which the full moon passes partially or wholly through the umbra of the earth's shadow

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The lunar eclipse also may be visible to Hathaway and the nine other people living off the planet — seven astronauts at the International Space Station and three aboard China’s orbiting outpost. — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 The next total lunar eclipse will take place on New Year’s Eve in 2028—what a way to ring in 2029! — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2026 Eclipses always come in pairs, but the stages to be expected during a lunar eclipse are staggeringly different from its solar equivalent. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026 This year's sturgeon moon and lunar eclipse will occur in Pisces, the 12th and final zodiac sign. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lunar eclipse

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First Known Use

1667, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of lunar eclipse was in 1667

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lunar eclipse

noun
: an eclipse in which the moon passes partially or entirely through the umbra of the earth's shadow

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