The Pleiades star cluster (aka the Seven Sisters) is above the moon. The constellation Taurus, the bull, is here. Look around the moon, and you can pick out some of the stars in the background. If you look at the moon with a pair of binoculars, you may see craters and maria on the lunar surface faintly illuminated. Lunar eclipses have a wide range of colors, from yellowish to orange to red, depending on what is happening in the Earth’s atmosphere.īy 4:02 a.m., the eclipse will reach its maximum, and 97% of the moon will be covered. Aside from being ghastly, it is really not true. Some people recently have begun calling eclipses “ blood moons.” I really don’t care for that. Forecasters from AccuWeather are predicting 'fair' viewing conditions in the New York-New Jersey region for the partial lunar eclipse that will be occurring Friday morning, Nov. This is due to light passing through the Earth’s atmosphere as well as any moisture, smoke or pollution that is in the atmosphere. Face west and look for the moon, which most likely will begin to change color. when the moon enters the Earth’s dark umbral shadow. The main part of the eclipse will start happening at 2:18 a.m. The eclipse will be happening in the early morning hours of Fri., Nov. Maximum (97%) will occur at 4:02 a.m., and the eclipse will end at 5:47 a.m. A lunar eclipse can be seen from just about anywhere if the weather is clear and the moon is above the horizon. The nice thing about lunar eclipses is that you don’t need any kind of equipment, special filters or have to worry about location. The eclipse at the end of this week will be a partial one, but it will be deep: 97% of the moon’s surface will be covered by the Earth’s shadow. The last one I remember getting a nice view of was in January 2019. true shape of the Moon as influenced by the many craters and mountains on the lunar limb. It has been a while since we’ve had a good lunar eclipse here in New Jersey. A total solar eclipse is coming to America on April 8, 2024. There was a total lunar eclipse earlier this year in May, but it occurred over the Pacific Ocean and we didn’t get to see it. This lunar eclipse is visible from Asian countries, Australia, New Zealand. Eclipses where the moon passes through the darker shadow, the umbra, are more interesting. For official phase times and dates for this month, check our Stargazing page. They are so faint you often can’t even tell an eclipse is happening. Most of the time penumbral eclipses are pretty unremarkable. Recently, we have not been lucky there were some penumbral eclipses where the moon passed through the faint outer shadow of the Earth, called the penumbra. Weather permitting, we will get to see a deep partial eclipse of the moon on Nov. The last good lunar eclipse visible from New Jersey was in January 2019.
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