Hi everyone, there's a fantastic partial lunar eclipse that begins
at 11:18 p.m. Pacific tomorrow night! It will reach its partial
maximum (just barely not total) maximum two hours later at 1:02 am
Friday morning and the partial eclipse ends at 3:47 am. An hour
before and after this span is the subtle and fainter penumbral
eclipse, when Earth's penumbral shadow
starts touching the Moon's face. It looks like we will have
some cloud cover here in the LA area, but hopefully, not enough to
stop you from staying up or setting your alarm to step outside to
view, sketch or photograph some part of the eclipse. You can find
more info, and can switch locations outside southern CA here. https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/los-angeles
Your sidewalk astronomers will not be out on the corner this late at
night, but we'll be hopefully enjoying the eclipse at home just like
you!
This eclipse will look very much like the (most recent) May 2021
total lunar eclipse - view it here if you want to see how close to
full tomorrow's partial eclipse is - it is a great comparison. https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2021-may-26.
Hopefully you'll be able to notice (tomorrow night) the lower edge
of the moon remains much brighter than the deep red or ochre hue we
can expect across the rest of the moon's face, as shown below.
Tips from astronomer David: "You can view the lunar eclipse with
your bare eyes or a pair of binoculars from anyplace where the Moon
is visible. Unlike a solar eclipse, no precautions are needed, just
find the Moon shortly before the eclipse starts, and enjoy the show!
It will be most apparent that something is happening between 11:15
PM to 2:45 AM"
For those not in our time zone, find your location, maps and tips
here: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2021-november-19
Time and date - watch the whole animation here https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/los-angeles?iso=20211119
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Jane Houston Jones, retired JPLer
Twitter: @jhjones @otastro
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