Astronomy buffs and moon gazers like me wish for a clear skies tomorrow (tonight for the other side of the planet) because we are expecting a Total Lunar Eclipse of 2011 ! The full glory of the eclipse will happen at around 4PM Philippine Standard Time (PST) around 8PM GMT (Source NASA and PAG-ASA).
Astronomically known as the Soltice Lunar Eclipse The eclipse will begin at 1:29 PM Philippine Standard Time (PST) and will end at 7:04 PM (PST).
In Manila, the moon will rise at 5:36 P.M. on 21 December and will set at 6:57 A.M. on 22 December. The major phases of the eclipse are as follows:
Penumbral eclipse begins 1:29 PM (PST)
Partial eclipse begins 2:32 PM (PST)
Greatest eclipse 4:16 PM (PST)
Partial eclipse ends 6:01 PM (PST)
Penumbral eclipse ends 7:04 PM (PST)
Join the conversation on Twitter by including #eclipse and @NASAJPL in your lunar eclipse tweets starting today and tomorrow you may even see them show up among our live comment stream on NASA JPL’s “I’m There: Lunar Eclipse” program.
Where do you plan to view the eclipse tomorrow night?
Stay gorgeous everyone!
3 Comments
@ Den oo meron sabi ng NASA haha pero kasi start sya past 1PM and the peak would be past 4PM tomorrow so mejo malabnaw but at least meron haha saka madilim na naman pag 5 eh so lets hope madilim na sa 4 bukas? haha
umm, may makikita ba tayo? kakatapos lang nung meteor shower kagabi. i forgot to look out for it, so i still haven’t seen a shooting star. >_<
Waw, galing. Will definitely watch out for this. 😀