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SA Set For Second Total Lunar Eclipse

// October 27th, 2004 // General // 1,733 views

According to Dave Laney, of the SA Astronomical Observatory, the penumbral phase, when the sunlight on the moon is partially blocked by the earth, will begin at 2.06am. “But if you want to see the first ‘bite’ into the moon, that will be later, and will begin at 3.14am. The moon will be completely inside the shadow between 4.23am and 5.45am. During this time the moon will look dim and copper-coloured to reddish, lit by the glowing red ring of the Earth’s atmosphere as seen from the moon,” Laney said.