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Stages of a Total Lunar Eclipse

A Total Lunar Eclipse
Penumbral Shadow
Partial Eclipse
About 50 Percent in Umbra
About 75 Percent in Umbra
Totality Begins
Totality
Totality Ends
Moving Out of Earth’s Umbra
About 30 Percent in Umbra
Leaving Earth's Umbra
Within the Penumbra
Animation of a Total Lunar Eclipse

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Moving Out of Earth’s Umbra

The partial stages of the lunar eclipse last for an hour or so as the Moon moves out of Earth’s umbra.

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