In today's image, we see the solar eclipse from April 20 of this year. this occurred when the Moon passed in front of the Sun and blocked out its light for about a minute. We will have a penumbral lunar eclipse in a couple of weeks, but since the Moon will not be in the umbra (darkest shadow region) of Earth, it will only appear a little fainter.

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