The Virtual Telescope Project is offering free online viewing of this eclipse. It's scheduled for July 16, starting at 20:30 UTC; translate UTC to your time. Want to join the online observing session? Click here for details.
This eclipse is not visible at all in North American skies. It's visible from South America at early evening July 16 - from Europe and Africa, later in the evening on July 16 - and in Asia and Australia before sunup July 17. See the world map below, and read more.
How do solar and lunar eclipses influence animal behavior? While the human world gathers to see tonight's lunar eclipse, what's the rest of nature doing?
The total solar eclipse of August 22, 1142, may have coincided with the birth of the Iroquois Confederacy, oldest democracy in North America and possibly on Earth. Read more.
View larger. | South America sees the moon rising in eclipse around sunset on July 16. Eastern Asia and Australia see the moon in eclipse as it sets around sunrise on July 17. Eastern Africa and the Middle East see greatest eclipse around midnight on the night of July 16. North America misses out on this eclipse entirely. Read more.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Swami Krishnananda captured the images on this page earlier this month, near Shimla, India. He wrote to EarthSky: “Yesterday, on my daily walk, I saw this cactus blooming from far away, and decided to go near to enjoy its beauty. I had to climb hard climb up a hill to reach it. As the photos will show, it was worth the adventure.”
