Occurring with this full Moon is a partial lunar eclipse. This eclipse is fairly modest, only about 25% of the Moon will be immersed in the earth’s inner shadow. For the islands the event will be even more unremarkable as the penumbral stage will have just begun prior to moonset and none of the partial eclipse will be visible. The timing of this eclipse favors Australia and Asia.
For the islands the next good lunar eclipse will occur Jan 31, 2018.
| Full Moons for 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UT | HST | |||
| January | Jan 12 | 11:34UT | Jan 12 | 01:34HST |
| February* | Feb 11 | 00:33UT | Feb 10 | 14:33HST |
| March | Mar 12 | 14:54UT | Mar 12 | 04:54HST |
| April | Apr 11 | 06:08UT | Apr 10 | 20:08HST |
| May | May 10 | 21:43UT | May 10 | 11:43HST |
| June | Jun 9 | 13:10UT | Jun 9 | 03:10HST |
| July | Jul 9 | 04:07UT | Jul 8 | 18:07HST |
| August* | Sep 7 | 18:11UT | Aug 7 | 08:11HST |
| September | Sep 6 | 07:03UT | Sep 5 | 21:03HST |
| October | Oct 5 | 18:40UT | Oct 5 | 08:40HST |
| November | Nov 4 | 05:23UT | Nov 3 | 19:23HST |
| December | Dec 3 | 15:47UT | Dec 3 | 05:47HST |
| *Lunar Eclipse | ||||
| Source: NASA Sky Calendar | ||||
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