Solar and Lunar Eclipses in 2018


This plot shows key events in the total lunar eclipse on January 31, 2018
"Two total lunar eclipses occur this year, the first since late 2015, in January and July. Meanwhile, three solar eclipses take place in 2018 — all of them only partial cover-ups. If you're one of the estimated 154 million U.S. adults who watched the solar eclipse on August 21, 2017 — and that's most of us! — you know how incredible such events can be. So when will the ones in 2018 occur? Read on to find out! Up to seven eclipses of the Sun and Moon can take place in one year, though the last time that happened was 1982, and the fewest possible is four. This year we'll get three solar eclipses (alas, all partial events) and two total lunar eclipses spaced six months apart. ..."
Sky & Telescope

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