Madrid. (EFE). – This night will be a penumbral eclipse partial of Moon , it will be visible, among other places, from Spain and although last almost four hours , it will be quite difficult of watch .
will be visible in the Americas, Africa and Europe, and Australia, Japan and most of the Pacific will be out of eclipse visibility, says on its website the Astronomical Association of Spain, warning that penumbral eclipses and especially partials like this are very difficult of observation.
And in the maximum of the eclipse, the moonlight dims minimally and we must be very attentive to notice. In addition, it also depends in part on what it is the sky clear.
who get lucky, you can contemplate the naked eye, but binoculars or a small telescope can help, the sources said, recalling that in 2009 there were three partial penumbral lunar eclipses in 2016 there will be another three in 2020 and four .
First contact with penumbra begin today at 23:51 hours, while the maximum of the eclipse will occur at 01:51, according to the Yearbook of the Astronomical Observatory 2013.El last contact with the dark place at 3:50 pm on day 19.
Spain Astronomical Association explains that in an event of this type, a portion of the Moon enters the shadow cast by the Earth, the rest of the Moon is out of it and get the sunlight completely, without in this part of our satellite project the shadow or penumbra of the Earth.
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