When will lunar eclipse occur at sydney in Australia

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When will lunar eclipse occur at sydney in Australia

Answer 1

In Sydney the eclipse takes place in the early hours of August 17th. The penumbral eclipse begins at 4:25 a.m. but no shading will be visible on the moon until perhaps 20 - 30 minutes before the partial phase starts at 5:36 a.m. By now, the sky will be brightening and the moon will be dropping towards the horizon. Finally, the partially eclipsed moon sets as the sun rises at 6.32 a.m.

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Answer 2

Hi Munny!

You'll see the partial eclipse shortly before dawn Sunday morning the 17th in Australia.

The partial eclipse starts for you at 5:36 a.m. Australian Eastern Time.  By that time, dawn has already broken, but you shouldn't have any trouble seeing the earth's shadow advance across the gradually whitening face of the moon.  

(Actually, before the partial phase comes the penumbral eclipse, where parts of the moon are witnessing a partial eclipse of the sun, but sunlight continues to reach the lunar surface.  Because the sky is already getting bright, an observer without professional instruments would not notice this.)

As the eclipse advances, the sky brightens while the moon is moving down toward moon set. Official sunrise comes at 6:32 a.m. AET, but by then likely the moon will already have dipped behind the western hills.  Mid-eclipse, which you won't be able to see anywhere in New South Wales, would come, at 7:10 a.m. AET.

Those watching from west of Spencer Gulf and in the Western time zone will get to see mid-eclipse and the earth's shadow starting to draw away from the lunar disc, but in the east the moon sets before the middle of the eclipse.  

Nowhere in the world is this a total eclipse of the moon, by the way.  The earth's shadow passes a little too far south of the moon to catch the northern cap, so you'll always see the lower edge still in sunlight in Australia.

The next total lunar eclipse you, or anyone, can see will be around sunset on the evening of December 21, 2010.