Lunar eclipse 2019 marked Moon landing's 50th anniversary

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Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin formed the American crew ; including Micheal Collins to set a mission for landing the moon.
Apollo 11 ; which was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

Lunar eclipses happen when the Earth gets aligned in between the Sun and the Moon.

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Picture showing a combo of six pictures that resembles a ‘blood moon’ total lunar eclipse.

Fifty years to the day since mankind launched the first mission to set foot on it, the Moon is set to treat Earthlings to a partial lunar eclipse on July,2019.

This eclipse was seen around 60% of the Moon's visible surface obscured by the Earth's shadow which is scientifically known as the ''Umbra''.

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