ECLIPSE OF MOON
VISIBLE TO-NIGHT A partial eclipse of the moon, almost total in extent, will be visible throughout New Zealand to-night. At the greatest phase of eclipse only three-hundredths of the moon's diameter will remain unobscured by the umbra of the earth, and as the remaining portion of the lunar disc will be immersed at that time in the densest portion of the penumbra, the eclipse to the naked eye observer, will probably appear as a total one. The moon will enter the penumbra at 9.29 p.m., and the umbra, or real shadow,, exactly an hour later, at 10.29. The middle of the eclipse will occur at 12.2 a.m. At 1.35 the moon will leave the umbra and the final stage of the eclipse, when the moon finally leaves the penumbra, will Occur at 2.36. This eclipse is the second of a series of four visible in 1932, two of the sun and two of the moon, and is the only one that will be completely visible in this country.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3446, 22 March 1932, Page 4
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171ECLIPSE OF MOON King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3446, 22 March 1932, Page 4
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