When is the best time to watch the lunar eclipse on Tuesday night?
The Total Lunar Eclipse on August 28th 2007 will be visible in its entirety for all of Eastern Australia and New Zealand, and will be in progress at Moonrise for the remainder of Australia and most of Asia. It will be visible at Moonset for the Americas, and will not be visible at all for Africa, Europe and Western Australia. The real “action” commences at 6.51 pm AEST when the Moon begins to enter the darker umbra and more of the Moon will progressively darken until 7.52 pm when all of the Moon will be in the umbra – the total lunar eclipse phase has then commenced and hopefully some colour will begin to be noticeable during this phase lasting 91 minutes. Mid eclipse will occur at 8.37 pm and totality will end at 9.23 pm. The partial phase will end at about 10.24 pm, when it will look like the eclipse is over. In fact, the Moon is not completely clear of the Earth’s lighter penumbral shadow until about 11.22 pm.
