Lunar eclipse Lunar Prospector in Eclipse Last lunar eclipse of this millenium On Wednesday, July 28 the final lunar eclipse of this year can be viewed by sky watchers in the Americas, east Asia and the Pacific. The event is a moderate partial eclipse with the Moon's southern limb dipping for nearly two and a half hours into Earth's umbral shadow. At maximum 40.2 percent of the Moon's diameter will be covered by Earth's shadow. Half a month later, it will be followed by the last total solar eclipse of this millennium which will be visible from Europe and Asia . There will be no total solar eclipse in 2000.
Totality takes place in the south Atlantic, southern Africa and Madagascar.