Animation of a Total Lunar Eclipse

This animation shows the Moon’s appearance as it moves through Earth’s shadow. See the various stages of the eclipse of January 31, 2018, as the Moon passes through Earth’s penumbra and umbra, from right to left.

Keyboard Shortcut	Action
Space	Pause/Play video playback
Enter	Pause/Play video playback
m	Mute/Unmute video volume
Up and Down arrows	Increase and decrease volume by 10%
Right and Left arrows	Seek forward or backward by 5 seconds
0-9	Fast seek to x% of the video.
f	Enter or exit fullscreen. (Note: To exit fullscreen in flash press the Esc key.
c	Press c to toggle captions on or off