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Originally Posted by Wavytone
The unfortunate part - for the beginners here - is that it is going to be a very unusually long wait for another one over the eastern states - 2031 !
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Hi Wavy,
No lunar eclipse visible eastern states in 2031. 7 total eclipses between Saturday and 2031 including this weeks eclipse. Another 4 visible in 2032/33.
Lunar eclipses of some description occur every year. However some of these are fleeting glimpses eg we might just catch the beginning/end of a penumbral as the moon is setting or rising. Total lunar eclipses occur pretty regularly with some years having only partial/penumbral eclipses(worldwide). For example, there is a total next yea but only visible from the other side of the Earth c Pacific, Americas, Europe, Africa but not here.
2020 is a no total year, 2021 there is a total visible here. 2022 there is a total but we only see the penumbral before moonset.
From any one location, we tend to see two or more sequential total eclipses clustered every 3-4 years. I'm making a broad generalisation here. I've attached a table extracted from Chris O'Byrne's eclipse explorer software showing total eclipses visible from Sydney 2001-2040. Where the text is grey, it means that event of the eclipse is below the horizon at the selected location.
Cheers
Joe