Partial Lunar Eclipse April 26, 2013

Western horizon as seen from Adelaide at 5:30 am ACST on April 26. The Moon is near mid-eclipse at this time. The illustration makes it look worse than it will be, there will be a definite dark “chip” seen at the Moon’s south pole, and the southern half of the Moon will be subtly darker than the North.

On the early morning of 26 April there there be a partial eclipse of the Moon. This is a very poor eclipse, with only a small bite take out of the Moon’s northern edge. It is still worth getting up for though.

WA has the best view, while the east coast sees the eclipse in various stages of twilight, and may be quite difficult to see.

The eclipse starts at  5:52 am AEST (nautical twilight twilight), 5:22 am ACST and 3:52 am AWST.

Mid-eclipse is 6:07 am AEST (deep in twilight), 5:37 am ACST and 4:07 am AWST.

See here for a map and contact timings in UT for sites outside Australia