Total Lunar Eclipse – 15 April 2014

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Source: Kurdistan Planetarium 

Total Lunar Eclipse 15 April 2014 The eclipse occurs at the lunar orbit’s ascending node in Virgo. The apparent diameter of the Moon is close to its average since the eclipse occurs nearly midway between apogee (April 08 at 14:53 UT) and perigee (April 23 at 00:28 UT). This is the first of four consecutive total lunar eclipses in 2014 and 2015. The Moon’s orbital trajectory takes it through the southern half of Earth’s umbral shadow. Although the eclipse is not central, the total phase still lasts 78 minutes. The times of the major eclipse phases are listed below. Penumbral Eclipse Begins: 04:53:37 UT Partial Eclipse Begins: 05:58:19 UT Total Eclipse Begins: 07:06:47 UT Greatest Eclipse: 07:45:40 UT Total Eclipse Ends: 08:24:35 UT Partial Eclipse Ends: 09:33:04 UT Penumbral Eclipse Ends: 10:37:37 UT At the instant of greatest eclipse (07:45:40 UT) the Moon lies at the zenith for a point in the South Pacific about 3000 km southwest of the Galapagos Islands. The umbral eclipse magnitude peaks at 1.2907 as the Moon’s northern limb passes 1.7 arc-minutes south of the shadow’s central axis. In contrast, the Moon’s southern limb lies 9.0 arc-minutes from the southern edge of the umbra and 40.0 arc-minutes from the shadow centre. Thus, the northern half of the Moon will appear much darker than the southern half because it lies deeper in the umbra. Since the Moon samples a large range of umbral depths during totality, its appearance will change significantly with time. The entire event is visible from both North and South America. Observers in the western Pacific miss the first half of the eclipse because it occurs before moonrise. Likewise most of Europe and Africa experience moonset just as the eclipse begins. None of the eclipse is visible from north/east Europe, eastern Africa, the Middle East or Central Asia. The April 15 eclipse is the 56th eclipse of Saros 122 . Music: Deep by Ryan Farish

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