Beijing, May 6 (Youth.cn) - On May 5th, the first lunar eclipse of 2023 came on the sky. It’s a penumbral lunar eclipse that saw the "face" of the moon change from light to dark and then from dark to bright again. Astronomy science experts said that this is a penumbral eclipse with the moon going relatively "deep" into the Earth's penumbra, which almost became a partial eclipse.

A penumbral lunar eclipse of “the heaven dog takes the moon” was seen in the night sky in Jilin province on May 5th, 2023.

　　A penumbral lunar eclipse of “the heaven dog takes the moon” was seen in the night sky in Kunming province on May 6th, 2023.

Changes happened from the beginning of penumbral eclipse to the end in Bayuquan district of Xiongyue township, Yingkou city, Liaoning province, from midnight of 5th May to early morning of 6th May 2023.

Photo taken on May 6th, 2023 shows the penumbral lunar eclipse from 0:01 to 1:29 over Qionghai city, Hainan province.