Look up, look up, it's happening right before your very eyes!
A partial eclipse of the moon by the earth's shadow.
Right now, the shadow curves from 5 o'clock to 9 o'clock and is slowly moving across the face of the moon.
The skies of Southland are clear and it's very cold out there.
I'm outside for a while then back in to up-date.
It's interesting to think that watching an eclipse first confirmed to astronomers their theory that the earth is a sphere, which has to cast a curved shadow. What excitement that must have caused!
It's not getting any warmer out there!
Sliding up, more 4:30 to 10 o'clock now and it gives the moon's face a bruised look.
From the Stardome Observatory
All parts of New Zealand will be able to see the partial lunar eclipse on the 26th of June. The full Moon will enter the outer shadow (penumbra) at 8.55pm but little change will be seen until in enters the deeper central shadow (umbra) at 10.17pm. For this eclipse, the Moon only grazes the umbral shadow and at maximum only 50% of the lunar disk will be covered. Mid eclipse occurs at 11.38pm, the Moon leaves the umbra at 1.00am and finally the penumbra at 2:21am
I'll not stay up for the whole event as the marching and speaking and mingling's made me tired!
11:22 and I'm for bed.
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