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The very first sentence doesn't make sense

"A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon into the Earth's shadow." Is a non-native English speaker in charge of this locked page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kornbelt888 (talk • contribs) 16:35, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Kornbelt888, fixed —¿philoserf? (talk) 16:37, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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We all know lunar eclipses, much like birds, are not real. Please remove this article now.

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The image with the diagram of Solar and Lunar eclipse says that a lunar eclipse occurs at night and a solar eclipse at day. Kindly add - "with respect to the place on Earth where the eclipse is going to take place." in the sentence as it is misleading to say that for a given country, every year the eclipses will occur at night or at day. They may occur anytime with respect to a particular country but only at day and night for the countries where the eclipse will occur. 117.214.174.64 (talk) 06:35, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done. Too verbose; not a major source of confusion. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (talk) 10:10, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The antisolar point vs center of Earth’s shadow

The antisolar point marks the opposite of the Sun’s position whereas the center of Earth’s shadow varies in position depending on where you view it. During a central lunar eclipse, the center of Earth’s umbral shadow relative to the antisolar point will actually depend on where you view the effect of the eclipse. If you view it from North, South, east, or west of Earth’s direction toward the Moon or shadows (as seen by Earth’s terminator especially), you’ll see that the antisolar point is off by over 1° whereas if you’re right in the middle of Earth’s opposite position from the Sun during such an eclipse, you’ll see the center of the shadow align with the antisolar point.

Not everyone sees those points merge even during a central lunar eclipse, meaning those closer to the terminator will see the Moon miss the anti solar point during any lunar eclipse whereas only those in the mid point of Earth’s opposite place from the Sun will see those points collide (and the Moon passing through them).

So on the part where it says that the Moon crosses the antisolar point during a central lunar eclipse, it should be added that it also depends on the viewing location as while the Moon is seen crossing the shadow center from any location where the Moon is visible, the Moon doesn’t always cross the antisolar point as seen in every location, because the closer to the terminator, the more the shadow center and antisolar point appear separated. 67.235.204.246 (talk) 16:41, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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