When is the next lunar eclipse in England ?
Hi England! You’ll be able to see the partial eclipse of the moon in four months, the evening of Saturday August 16th. The partial eclipse starts about 8:36 p.m. British Summer Time You’ll see the moon rise with a small nip out of its lower left edge. As the sky grows darker, the eclipse advances. At mid-eclipse, around 10:10 p.m. British Summer Time, all but a small crescent of the upper right of the moon is darkened. With effort, you’ll be able to see some earthshine illuminating the eclipsed region, but it will not be coppery like you’d see in a total eclipse. The partial eclipse ends by 11:44 p.m. BST. Most of the continents will see some of this partial eclipse, but not North America. It will happen during the daytime there. It’s too bad that this eclipse will be not-quite-total, because England has a very long wait until the next good total lunar eclipse. After August 2008, there’s a tiny, tiny partial eclipse New Years Eve, December 31, 2009. Only a small nip will be taken out o
