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New Moon

Young Moon
A very young moon over Waikoloa, this is only 26 hours after new, visible to the unaided eye as a sliver in the fading glow of sunset
New Moon will occur today at 02:50HST.

A rare hybrid solar eclipse will occur across the North Pacific and Central Africa. A hybrid eclipse is one that is both annular and total, changing from one to the other as the shadow sweeps across the Earth.

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Full Moon

Full Moon
Full Moon taken 27Aug2007, 90mm f/12 APO and Canon 20Da
Full Moon will occur today at 01:13HST.

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.

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