ECLIPSE OF THE MOON

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 54, 27 November 1928, Page 10

ECLIPSE OF THE MOON

TO TAKE PLACE TO-NIGHT

There will be a total eclipse of the moon for about an hour to-night, and, providing the weather is clear, the phenomenon should be visible throughout New Zealand.

The beginning of the obscuration of the moon will not be visible in Wellington, for the moon will enter the penumbra at 6.25 p.m. (summer time) and will not rise until 7.22 p.m. One minute after rising, that is, at 7.23 p.m., the moon will enter the umbra, or earth’s shadow proper, and the eclipse may then be said to begin as far as the ordinary observer is concerned. Gradually the shadow will extend over the face of the moon, the beginning of the total phase being reached at 8.33 p.m. Totality will last until 9.29 p.m., and then by decrees the shadow will move away, until at 11.37 p.m. the moon will be entirely clear.

The beginning of the eclipse will be visible in the west and north borders of Europe, in the Atlantic, in North and South America, and in the Pacific. The end will be visible from North America and westward, thence from New Zealand, Australia, and part of Asia.