Live : Partial Lunar Eclipse | October 28 / 29

Partial lunar eclipse People in Europe, Africa, most of Asia and western Australia. will see a shallow partial lunar eclipse during the night of October 28, 2023. Penumbral eclipse begins at 18:01 UTC on October 28 (2:01 p.m. EDT). Partial eclipse begins at 19:34 UTC on October 28 (3:34 p.m. EDT). Greatest eclipse at 20:14 UTC on October 28 (4:14 p.m. EDT) with an umbral magnitude of . So only a small sliver of the moon will fall inside the umbral shadow. Partial eclipse ends at 20:52 UTC on October 28 (4:52 p.m. EDT). Penumbral eclipse ends at 22:26 UTC on October 28 (6:26 p.m. EDT). Duration of eclipse: This is a shallow partial lunar eclipse with a duration of 265 minutes. Note: Although this is considered a partial lunar eclipse, only a small fraction of the moon will enter the umbra shadow. Overall, most of this eclipse will appear as a penumbral lunar eclipse and the moon won’t change much in brightness or color. The full moon and eclipses As a matter of fact, a lunar eclipse can only happen at full moon, because that’s the only time the moon can be directly opposite the sun in Earth’s sky. However, the full moon in October barely passes through the north of the Earth’s dark shadow (umbra), and therefore only a shallow partial lunar eclipse in the Earth’s dark shadow can take place. However, usually there is no eclipse at full moon. For example, in 2023, we have 13 full moons but only two lunar eclipses and neither one of them is a total lunar eclipse. Subscribe Now - #astronomy #space #cosmos Secrets of Space on the web: YouTube handle : @SecretsofSpace Facebook : Twitter : Instagram :