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If you want to see something of it in Austria, you have to be on time and look very closely because it starts in Vienna at 6:09 a.m. The moon will set six minutes later, slightly later in the west.
If you look towards the western horizon in clear weather, you can at least see the beginning of the eclipse—in the form of a small dent on the moon’s left side. Its left side will also appear darkened, writes the Austrian Astronomical Society. The peak of the lunar eclipse is reached at 07:59. By this time, the sun will have long been visible in the sky in Austria, and the moon will have disappeared from the horizon. People in North, Central, and South America are luckier. They can see the eclipse in its entirety.
Better chances in September
A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, the earth, and the moon are aligned and the shadow of the earth illuminated by the sun falls on the moon. If the moon enters the Earth’s umbra, it is completely shielded from the sun’s direct rays. In the penumbra, some of the sunlight still reaches the moon. During this eclipse, the moon moves into the Earth’s umbra for just over an hour. The whole event—including the partial eclipse—lasts over three and a half hours.
But it is not the only lunar eclipse this year. There will also be one on the evening of 7 September, which will not be completely visible but will be much better. The eclipse will begin at 17:27—before the moon has risen in Austria. The moon will only be visible in Vienna around two hours later. It will be 86 percent of the Earth’s umbra at that time. The peak reaches 8.12 p.m. and, therefore, is still at dusk. Anyone who wants to observe a total lunar eclipse in Austria must wait until 31 December 2028.
- source: diepresse.at/picture: pixabay.com
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