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lunar eclipse

when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth
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lunar eclipse

Summary

lunar eclipse ranks in the top 0.75% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,046 views/month, #585 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • lunar eclipse is a type of eclipse[2].
  • lunar eclipse's Commons category is recorded as Lunar eclipses[3].
  • lunar eclipse comprises penumbral lunar eclipse[4].
  • lunar eclipse comprises total lunar eclipse[5].
  • lunar eclipse comprises partial lunar eclipse[6].
  • lunar eclipse's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lunar eclipses[7].
  • lunar eclipse's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • lunar eclipse's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • lunar eclipse's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
  • lunar eclipse's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • lunar eclipse's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • lunar eclipse's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • lunar eclipse's topic has template is recorded as Template:Lunar eclipses[14].
  • lunar eclipse's has characteristic is recorded as gamma[15].
  • lunar eclipse's has characteristic is recorded as magnitude of eclipse[16].
  • lunar eclipse's has characteristic is recorded as saros series[17].
  • lunar eclipse's different from is recorded as solar eclipse[18].
  • lunar eclipse's different from is recorded as Q60797251[19].
  • lunar eclipse's has list is recorded as list of lunar eclipses[20].
  • lunar eclipse's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21].

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Definition and Type

lunar eclipse is a type of eclipse[2].

Use and Application

Components include penumbral lunar eclipse[4], total it[5], and partial it[6].

Why It Matters

lunar eclipse ranks in the top 0.75% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,046 views/month, #585 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → solar eclipse, Q60797251
    Topic has template → Template:Lunar eclipses
    Subclass of → eclipse
    Aliases → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11821, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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