Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: Sky Gazers will Get a Real Treat on Feb. 10-11

A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on February 10-11, 2017, the first of two lunar eclipses in 2017. A penumbral eclipse is a tease, with none of the Moon entering Earth’s dark umbra as happens.

But the one that occurs on February 10-11 will be about the best penumbral eclipse possible, as the Moon’s northern limb will miss the umbra by only about 100 miles (160 km). So the penumbral shading will be obvious.

This is a very deep penumbral eclipse. It has a penumbral eclipse magnitude of 0.9884 and a penumbral eclipse duration of 259.2 minutes. 

During this type of eclipse the Moon will darken slightly but not completely. The ideal spot to watch this penumbral eclipse is from Europe, Africa, Greenland and Iceland where the whole eclipse takes place at late night in a dark sky.

For the most of of North America, the moon will be in eclipse at moonrise (sunset) on February 10 and will be obscured by evening twilight. In Asia, the eclipse will be obscured by morning twilight on February 11 and will be in eclipse at moonset (sunrise) February 11.

The penumbral lunar eclipse will be visible from Europe, most of Asia, Africa and most of North America.
Regions seeing, at least, some parts of the eclipse: Europe, Much of Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica.

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Clips, images credit: ESO, ESA/HUBBLE & NASA/JPL
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