#Raya pro 3.0 vs lumenzia full

The view from the East Coast.įrom eastern North America the Moon appears lower in the west at mid-eclipse, making it easier to frame above a landscape.

Winter lunar eclipses are always high summer lunar eclipses are always low, the opposite of what the Sun does. So it sits where the Sun was six months earlier, in this case back in May, when the high Sun was bringing us warmer and longer days.

#Raya pro 3.0 vs lumenzia full

The Full Moon is always 180° away from the Sun. The high altitude of the Moon (some 60º to 70º above the horizon) puts it well above haze and murk low in the sky, but makes it a challenge to capture in a frame that includes the landscape below for an eclipse nightscape.ĪSTRONOMY 101: The high altitude of the Moon is a function of both the eclipse timing in the middle of the night and its place on the ecliptic. The post-midnight timing places the Moon at mid-eclipse high in the south to southwest for most of North America, just west (right) of the winter Milky Way and below the distinctive Pleiades star cluster. The sky at mid-eclipse from my home on Alberta, Canada (51° N) WHERE WILL THE MOON BE? That makes the eclipse 3 1/2 hours long, though the most photogenic part will be for the 15 to 30 minutes centred on mid-eclipse at 4:03 am EST (3:03 am CST, 2:03 am MST, 1:03 am PST).

The eclipse effectively ends at 5:47 am EST (4:47 am CST, 3:47 am MST, 2:47 am PST) when the Moon leaves the umbra. If you go out on the evening of November 19 expecting to see the eclipse, you’ll be sadly disappointed as you will have missed it. The show really begins when the Moon begins to enter the umbra at 2:18 am EST (1:18 am CST, 12:18 am MST, 11:18 pm PST).īut note, these times are for the night of November 18/19. The background image is a simulation of the path of the November 18/19, 2021 eclipse when the Moon travels through the southern part of the umbra. The start, middle and end times of the umbral eclipse for Eastern and Pacific time zones. But that positioning can make for photogenic sight. All of the umbral phase is visible from the Eastern Seaboard, though the last stages will be in progress with the Moon low in the west in the pre-dawn hours. Only from the very easternmost points in North America does the Moon set with the eclipse in progress, but during the inconsequential penumbral phase. However, this eclipse can be seen from coast to coast. The last lunar eclipse six months ago on the morning of ( see my blog here) was visible during its total phase only from western North America, and then only just. Eclipse chart courtesy Fred Espenak / WHERE CAN THE ECLIPSE BE SEEN? This can tint the shadow edge blue or even green. The unique aspect of this eclipse is that for the 15 to 30 minutes around mid-eclipse we might see some unusual colour gradations at the edge of the umbral shadow, from sunlight passing through Earth’s upper atmosphere and ozone layer. At the November 18 eclipse the bottom edge of the Moon, as it did here, will be bright, but brighter than it appears here. The red is the colour of all the sunsets and sunrises going on around the Earth during the eclipse. WHAT TO SEEĪt mid-eclipse the Full Moon will look deep red or perhaps bright orange - the colours can vary from eclipse to eclipse, depending on the clarity of the Earth’s atmosphere through which the sunlight is passing to light the Moon. It isn’t until the Moon begins to enter the umbra that you can see a dark bite being taken out of the edge of the Moon. The extent of the umbra and penumbra at the October 2004 total lunar eclipse. Nothing unusual can be seen at that point, as the darkening of the Moon’s disk by the penumbra is so slight, you won’t notice any difference over the normally bright Full Moon. While some references will say the eclipse begins at 1:01 am EST, that’s when the Moon first enters the outer lighter penumbral shadow. A sliver of the southern edge of the Moon will remain outside the umbra and will appear bright white, like a southern polar cap on the Moon. NOT QUITE TOTALĪt mid-eclipse 97% of the disk of the Full Moon will be within Earth’s dark umbral shadow, and should appear a bright red colour to the eye and even more so to the camera. But it’s the next best thing, a 97% partial eclipse – almost total! So the main attraction - a red Moon - will still be front and centre.ĬLICK ON AN IMAGE to bring it up full screen for closer inspection. That’s the price to pay for an eclipse everyone on the continent can see.Īlso, this is not a total eclipse of the Moon. Seeing and shooting this eclipse will demand staying up late or getting up very early. On the night of November 18/19 eclipse fans across North America can enjoy the sight of the Moon turning deep red.