Ninety-six percent of the Moon slides into Earth's shadow on Thursday night and it still doesn't count as a total eclipse, because a sliver of the northern edge stays in sunlight and burns white against a copper disc for more than an hour - Space DaiNinety-six percent of the Moon slides into Earth's shadow on Thursday night and it still doesn't count as a total eclipse, because a sliver of the northern edge stays in sunlight and burns white against a copper disc for more than an hour Space Daily