page_title: June 2011 lunar eclipse
section_title: Visibility and viewing
hierarchical_section_title: June 2011 lunar eclipse / Visibility and viewing
caption_attribution_description: English: Sketch of the 2011-06-15 lunar eclipse.
context_page_description: A total lunar eclipse took place on June 15, 2011. It was the first of two such eclipses in 2011. The second occurred on December 10, 2011. While the visual effect of a total eclipse is variable, the Moon may have been stained a deep orange or red colour at maximum eclipse.
  This was a relatively rare central lunar eclipse, in which the center point of Earth's shadow passes across the moon. The last time a lunar eclipse was closer to the center of the earth's shadow was on July 16, 2000. The next central total lunar eclipse was on July 27, 2018 over South America, western Africa, and Europe, and setting over eastern Asia.
context_section_description: In western Asia, Australia, and the Philippines, the lunar eclipse was visible just before sunrise. It was very visible in the clear and cloudless night sky throughout eastern and southeast Asia. Africa, far eastern Russia and Europe witnessed the whole event even in the late stages (as in partial lunar eclipse). The Americas (including North and northwestern South America) missed the eclipse completely (except in most areas) because it occurred at moonset.
caption: NASA chart of the eclipse
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