[ATMoB-discuss] March eclipse

[Tinkler, James B (CSC) (US SSA)]

If I interpret the data properly, in Boston, the eclipse will be just entering full umbra eclipse when the moon rises here.

Excerpts of the NASA description of the event:

The entire event will be visible from Europe, Africa and western Asia. In eastern Asia, moonset occurs during various stages of the eclipse. For example, the Moon sets while in total eclipse from central China and southeast Asia. Western Australia catches part of the initial partial phases but the Moon sets before totality. Observers in eastern North and South America will find the Moon already partially or totality eclipsed at moonrise. From western North America, only the final penumbral phases are visible.

Penumbral Eclipse Begins:	20:18:11 UT 
  Partial Eclipse Begins:	21:30:22 UT 
    Total Eclipse Begins:	22:44:13 UT 
        Greatest Eclipse:	23:20:56 UT 
      Total Eclipse Ends:    	23:57:37 UT 
    Partial Eclipse Ends:	01:11:28 UT 
  Penumbral Eclipse Ends:	02:23:44 UT 

Full NASA description of the event:
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/OH2007.html#2007Mar03T 

The Moon's path through Earth's shadows as well as a map illustrating worldwide visibility of the event:
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/image1/LE2007Mar03-Fig1.GIF 

U.S. Naval Observatory
Astronomical Applications Department

Sun and Moon Data for One Day

The following information is provided for Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (longitude W71.1, latitude N42.3):

        Saturday 
        3 February 2007       Eastern Standard Time          

                         SUN
        Begin civil twilight       6:26 a.m.                 
        Sunrise                    6:56 a.m.                 
        Sun transit               11:58 a.m.                 
        Sunset                     5:01 p.m.                 
        End civil twilight         5:30 p.m.                 

                         MOON
        Moonrise                   5:32 p.m. on preceding day
        Moon transit              12:46 a.m.                 
        Moonset                    7:47 a.m.                 
        Moonrise                   6:37 p.m.                 
        Moonset                    8:07 a.m. on following day

 
Phase of the Moon on 3 February:   waning gibbous with 98% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.

Full Moon on 2 February 2007 at 12:46 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

From:
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.html

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Is the March Total Lunar Eclipse visible from North America?
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