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Partial Lunar Eclipse tomorrow morning

Posted 25 April 2013

Moon and Saturn finder chart for 8 pm AEST 26 April 2013.  Chart prepared using the highly recommended Sky Safari Pro tablet app. Used with permission.
Partial Lunar Eclipse, Saturn and Spica finder chart for 4:07 am WST on Friday 26 April 2013. Chart prepared using the highly recommended Sky Safari Pro tablet app. Used with permission. Finder chart prepared for Perth, Western Australia.
AEST AWST
Penumbral lunar eclipse begins 4:01 am 2:01 am
Partial lunar eclipse begins 5:51 am 3:51 am
Mid-eclipse 6:07 am 4:07 am
Partial lunar eclipse ends 6:23 am 4:23 am
Penumbral lunar eclipse ends 8:13 am 6:13 am

Western Australia is best placed to see tomorrow mornings partial lunar eclipse which is the first for 2013. 2013’s two other lunar eclipses are not visible from Australia. Only 0.02% of the Moon will enter the darkest part of the Earth’s shadow making the partial phase difficult to detect.

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