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"alt_text": "LEAD: Step outside on Sunday evening (September 27th) to see a special astronomical event: a supermoon total lunar eclipse. 1. At 9:07 p.m. EDT the moon will start to enter Earth’s shadow. An hour later, the moon will appear a ghostly copper color. The change in color will last for over an hour as the moon passes through Earth’s central shadow and is illuminated by filtered sunlight passing through Earth’s atmosphere. 2. As the moon orbits Earth, it has a farthest point in its orbit (apogee) and closest point (perigee). On Sunday, the full moon occurs during the closest perigee of the year. This is sometimes called a supermoon. 3. Supermoons occur *on average* every 14 months. But what’s special about Sunday’s supermoon is that it will happen during a total lunar eclipse. TAG: The next supermoon total lunar eclipse won't happen until 2033.",
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"title": "Supermoon Eclipse 2015 Live Shots Interviews And B-roll",
"description": "Interview with Noah Petro - LRO Deputy Project Scientist || Noah_Petro_-_Supermoon_Eclipse.png (1120x634) [1.1 MB] || Noah_Petro_-_Supermoon_Eclipse_print.jpg (1024x579) [113.0 KB] || Noah_Petro_-_Supermoon_Eclipse_searchweb.png (320x180) [103.6 KB] || Noah_Petro_-_Supermoon_Eclipse_thm.png (80x40) [9.9 KB] || Noah_Petro_-_Supermoon_Eclipse.webm (960x540) [146.3 MB] || Noah_Petro_Supermoon_Eclipse.en_US.vtt [7.1 KB] || Noah_Petro_Supermoon_Eclipse.en_US.srt [7.1 KB] || Noah_Petro_-_Supermoon_Eclipse.mov (1280x720) [4.5 GB] || ",
"release_date": "2015-09-15T00:00:00-04:00",
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"title": "September 27, 2015 Total Lunar Eclipse: View from the Moon",
"description": "With the lunar horizon in the foreground, the Earth passes in front of the Sun, revealing the red ring of sunrises and sunsets along the limb of the Earth. The Earth and Sun are in Virgo for observers on the Moon. The bright star above them is beta Virginis.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || eclipse.0540_print.jpg (1024x576) [77.0 KB] || eclipse.0540_searchweb.png (320x180) [47.4 KB] || eclipse.0540_thm.png (80x40) [3.4 KB] || from_moon_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [7.4 MB] || from_moon_720p30.mp4 (1280x720) [3.2 MB] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || from_moon_720p30.webm (1280x720) [3.7 MB] || from_moon_360p30.mp4 (640x360) [967.9 KB] || ",
"release_date": "2015-09-01T00:00:00-04:00",
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"alt_text": "With the lunar horizon in the foreground, the Earth passes in front of the Sun, revealing the red ring of sunrises and sunsets along the limb of the Earth. The Earth and Sun are in Virgo for observers on the Moon. The bright star above them is beta Virginis.This video is also available on our YouTube channel.",
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"page_type": "Visualization",
"title": "Supermoon Eclipse 2015",
"description": "The geometry of the Moon's orbit in motion, from the end of August until the supermoon eclipse on September 27-28, 2015. The inner blue circle shows perigee distance, the outer blue circle shows apogee distance, and the off-center, light gray circle shows the Moon's orbit. Frame sequences with alpha channel are available for the separate elements of the animation.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || moon.0600_print.jpg (1024x576) [68.6 KB] || moon.0600_searchweb.png (180x320) [35.4 KB] || moon.0600_thm.png (80x40) [4.8 KB] || supermoon_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [4.1 MB] || supermoon_720p30.mp4 (1280x720) [2.4 MB] || fancy (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || moon_earth (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || orbit (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || supermoon_720p30.webm (1280x720) [2.2 MB] || supermoon_360p30.mp4 (640x360) [1.0 MB] || 320x320_1x1_30p (320x320) [0 Item(s)] || 360x230_36x23_30p (360x230) [0 Item(s)] || ",
"release_date": "2015-08-28T18:00:00-04:00",
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"alt_text": "The geometry of the Moon's orbit in motion, from the end of August until the supermoon eclipse on September 27-28, 2015. The inner blue circle shows perigee distance, the outer blue circle shows apogee distance, and the off-center, light gray circle shows the Moon's orbit. Frame sequences with alpha channel are available for the separate elements of the animation.This video is also available on our YouTube channel.",
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"page_type": "Visualization",
"title": "September 27, 2015 Total Lunar Eclipse: Shadow View",
"description": "Universal Time (UT). The Moon moves right to left, passing through the penumbra and umbra, leaving in its wake an eclipse diagram with the times at various stages of the eclipse. || eclipse_ut_print.jpg (1024x576) [58.4 KB] || eclipse.0432_searchweb.png (180x320) [40.3 KB] || eclipse.0432_thm.png (80x40) [4.0 KB] || eclipse_ut_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [3.0 MB] || eclipse_ut_720p30.mp4 (1280x720) [1.6 MB] || ut (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || eclipse_ut_720p30.webm (1280x720) [1.9 MB] || eclipse_ut_360p30.mp4 (640x360) [597.1 KB] || eclipse_ut_4340.key [4.3 MB] || eclipse_ut_4340.pptx [1.9 MB] || ",
"release_date": "2015-08-18T00:00:00-04:00",
"update_date": "2025-02-02T22:22:07.627187-05:00",
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"alt_text": "Universal Time (UT). The Moon moves right to left, passing through the penumbra and umbra, leaving in its wake an eclipse diagram with the times at various stages of the eclipse.",
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"title": "Moon Phase and Libration, 2015",
"description": " || New: Click on the image to download a high-resolution version with labels for craters near the terminator. The data in the table for the entire year can be downloaded as a JSON file or as a text file. || moon.0001.jpg (730x730) [92.5 KB] || comp.0001.tif (1920x1080) [2.5 MB] || ",
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"alt_text": "Waxing crescent. Visible toward the southwest in early evening.",
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