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The penumbral lunar eclipse happening tonight (May 5) is technically be visible to viewers in India, unlike the solar eclipse that happened on April 20. But it will be a little difficult to spot since it is a penumbral eclipse. All eclipses begin and end as penumbral eclipses. But during an eclipse, if the Moon passes through the dark part of the Earth’s shadow (umbra), it turns into either a partial or a total eclipse, where one part of or the entire Moon will be completely obscured. But that is not the case tonight. During tonight’s lunar eclipse, the Moon will only pass through the faint outer edges of the Earth’s shadow (the penumbra). This means that the only visible change will be that the disc of Earth’s lone natural satellite will be almost imperceptibly dimmed.