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Full Moon
Full Moon
Full Moon
Full Moon
A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur this Full Moon. With a penumbral magnitude of 0.76 this is a relatively deep penumbral eclipse which should create a nice shadow effect across the Moon. Unfortunately none of this eclipse is visible from the central Pacific Ocean.
Full Moon
Full Moon
Full Moon
This full Moon will be a perigee full Moon, with the Moon appearing a bit larger and brighter. Today lunar perigee occurs within minutes of full, producing a full moon that is about 12% larger and 30% brighter than if full occurs while the Moon is at apogee.
Full Moon
A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur, but it is so minor there is little point in trying to observe it. As the NASA eclipse site notes… “With a penumbral eclipse magnitude [6] of 0.0158, just 0.5 arc-minutes of the Moon’s southern limb will pass into Earth’s pale penumbral shadow; such a shallow eclipse is only of academic interest since it will be all but impossible to detect.”
Full Moon
Viewers across Africa, Central Asia and Australia will be able to see a partial lunar eclipse. Pacific and North American observers will not be able to see any of this event. No matter, this is a fairly minor eclipse, with the Moon just brushing the umbra.