Twilight Whole Lunar Eclipse Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Night sky on Tuesday November 8 trying north-east as seen from Sydney at 21:15 AEDST as totality of the eclipse begins.  The inset reveals the telescopic/binocular view right now with Uranus. Click on to embiggen	Night sky on Tuesday November 8 trying north-east as seen from Adelaide at 20:45 ACDST as totality of the eclipse begins.  The inset reveals the telescopic/binocular view right now with Uranus.  Click on to embiggen	Night sky on Tuesday November 8 trying north-east as seen from Perth at 18:59 AWST at mid-totality.  The inset reveals the telescopic/binocular view right now with Uranus.  Click on to embiggen

On the night of Tuesday, November 8, there will probably be a superb complete eclipse of the Moon at twilight, the final Whole Lunar in Australia till 2025. As a bonus, Uranus is seen 1 diploma south of the eclipsed Moon (see insets above).
Uranus is at opposition the following day and is well seen in
binoculars.

 

It is also a great way to exhibit the earth is spherical.

You will note some websites calling this a “blood Moon”, The Moon does
not flip the color of blood however will go a deep copper color because of the
refraction of purple gentle by way of our environment. This 12 months in Australia, because the eclipse is throughout twilight the colors of the moon will probably be considerably totally different early within the eclipse. In  the central states the moon will probably be yellowish the place not eclipsed and
ashen within the eclipsed part till the sky goes absolutely darkish. In Western Australia the color will probably be extra ashen for many of the eclipse.

Sadly, the Tuesday, November 8 eclipse happens the working week. Luckily, it happens
within the early night, so you do not have to remain up late and the youngsters
can watch. After all, for many locations the eclipse is within the twilight, making for a singular expertise. The additional south you’re the extra twilight will happen through the eclipse.

 

The East coast can have the very best view with the umbral a part of the eclipse (when the Moon enters the deepest a part of Earth’s shadow) taking place after moon rise however nonetheless within the twilight. The darkening will nonetheless be readily seen, totality and eclipse finish happens when the sky is absolutely darkish. 

 

Within the central states, the moon rises after the eclipse has began, however the sight of the Moon rising with a chip out of it ought to be spectacular (you probably have a low, unobstructed horizon after all). Totality begins throughout late twilight however ends when the sky is absolutely darkish. The Pleiades and Hyades beneath the Moon ought to be properly seen. 

 

Western Australia sees the Moon rise eclipsed (the reddish/ashen  “ghost moon rising could also be fairly spectacular too) and the shadow slips off the Moon throughout twilight. 

A information I wrote for the October 2014 lunar eclipse to taking images of the eclipse is right here. And here’s a extra normal (and more moderen) hyperlink to lunar pictures with cellphones and adapters that’s helpful for cell phone imaging of the eclipse.

 

The eclipse begins low within the sky on the east coast, begins earlier than Moon rise within the central states and the Moon rises eclipsed in WA. Regardless of it being low is is sweet viewing from
nearly anyplace, city, suburban, or nation. You needn’t transfer
out of your yard except there’s a high-rise blocking your view to the
east. Even whether it is cloudy it’s nonetheless value waiting for
the altering gentle and the occasional glimpses of the darkening Moon.

Right here I’m calling “eclipse begin” as when the umbra, the darkest a part of the earth’s shadow touches the Moon. Technically the eclipse begins then the penumbra, the dimmer outer a part of earth’s shadow, touches the moon. However the penumbral a part of the eclipse will probably be nearly not possible to see within the twilight.

New Zealand sees the entire of the eclipse,  beginning late night and ending on the morning on the ninth.

See right here for a map and call timings in Common Time for websites exterior Australia.

Metropolis	Moon-rise	Civil Twilight	Nautical Twilight	Astronomical twilight	Eclipse Begin	Totality Begin	Most Eclipse	Totality Finish	Eclipse Finish
Adelaide (ACDST)	19:44	20:19	20:52	21:27	19:38	20:45	21:29	22:11	23:19
Alice Springs (ACST)	18:45	19:16	19:45	20:14	18:38	19:45	20:29	21:11	22:19
Auckland (NZDST)	19:47	20:29	21:03	21:40	22:08	23:15	23:58	00:41	01:49
Brisbane (AEST)	18:01	18:36	19:06	19:37	19:08	20:15	20:58	21:41	22:49
Cairns (AEST)	18:15	18:47	19:14	19:41	19:08	20:15	20:58	21:41	22:49
Canberra (AEDST)	19:31	20:08	20:41	21:17	20:08	21:15	21:58	22:41	23:49
Christchurch (NZDST)	20:10	20:56	21:36	22:20	22:08	23:15	23:58	00:41	01:49
Darwin (ACST)	18:42	19:11	19:37	20:03	18:38	19:45	20:29	21:11	22:19
Hobart (AEDST)	19:55	21:15	21:36	21:58	20:08	21:15	21:58	22:41	23:49
Melbourne (AEDST)	19:52	20:30	21:04	21:42	20:08	21:15	21:58	22:41	23:49
Perth (AWST)	18:44	19:14	19:45	20:19	17:45	19:10	19:19	19:28	20:53
Rockhampton (AEST)	18:05	18:39	19:07	19:36	19:08	20:15	20:58	21:41	22:49
Sydney (AEDST)	19:19	19:56	20:28	21:02	20:08	21:15	21:58	22:41	23:49
Townsville (AEST)	18:14	18:47	19:14	19:42	19:08	20:15	20:58	21:41	22:49

Climate:

Cloud cowl predictions could be discovered at SkippySky.

Right here is the near-real time satellite tv for pc view of the clouds (day and evening) http://satview.bom.gov.au/

Labels: citizen science, eclipse, Moon, public outreach, unaided eye

# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 1:29 pm