Stunning Partial Lunar Eclipse Images from June 4, 2012

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Early on June 4th, the full "Strawberry" Moon passed through the shadow of Earth, producing a partial lunar eclipse. It was visible across the 'Pacific' side of Earth, from Asia to North America, and began at about 10:00 UTC (3:00 a.m. PDT), reaching its maximum at 11:03 UTC (4:03 a.m. PDT). At most about 38% of the Moon's diameter was in shadow.

Some great images are coming in, like this collage of 10 photos from Genaro Grajeda in Mexico City, taken from 3:55 a.m. to 6:35 a.m.

See more below, and for any of the images, click for larger versions and/or the original version!

Prolific and accomplished astrophotographer

John Chumack

traveled from his home in Ohio to Tucson, Arizona to capture the eclipse. Compare these two images he took, the first with 1/160th of a second exposure, the second with a half second exposure.

"I took many shots, and here are a couple," said Chumack, "one showing normal exposure of the Moon, but something dark is covering it...and the second shot was deliberately over exposed to reveal the culprit -- Earth's Shadow covering up part of the Moon during Maximum Eclipse for us in Tucson."

[caption id="attachment_95620" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Partial Lunar Eclipse 6-04-2012 from Tucson, Arizona, USA during maximum, with 1/160th of a second exposure. Credit: John Chumack."]

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[caption id="attachment_95618" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Partial Lunar Eclipse 6-04-2012 from Tucson, Arizona, USA, during Maximum Eclipse. Credit: John Chumack"]

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[caption id="attachment_95626" align="aligncenter" width="386" caption="A view of the eclipse between telephone wires. Credit: Astro-Nutt (ColinC) on Flickr."]

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[caption id="attachment_95627" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="The June 4, 2012 lunar eclipse taken through a Galileoscope and webcam from Arizona. Credit: Rob Sparks."]

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[caption id="attachment_95645" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Taken during the eclipse on the road up to Summerhaven on Mt. Lemon, near Tucson AZ, at about 6,300 feet elevation. Credit: Bob Riddle. "]

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[caption id="attachment_95621" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="'Caught the last little bit of the eclipse' said photographer Bill Ogg."]

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[caption id="attachment_95619" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="The June 4, 2012 partial lunar eclipse. Credit: Jason Hill"]

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Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson is a space journalist and author with a passion for telling the stories of people involved in space exploration and astronomy. She is currently retired from daily writing, but worked at Universe Today for 20 years as a writer and editor. She also contributed articles to The Planetary Society, Ad Astra (National Space Society), New Scientist and many other online outlets.

Her 2019 book, "Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions,” shares the untold stories of engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make the Apollo program so successful, despite the daunting odds against it. Her first book “Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos” (2016) tells the stories of 37 scientists and engineers that work on several current NASA robotic missions to explore the solar system and beyond.

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