[h0ughy (David)]

looking at an alert I just got I realised that there is not long for the totality of this eclipse, just a tad over 10 minutes. I really hope its crystal clear on the night


Local Lunar Eclipses
Saturday 4 April 2015
Time (24-hour clock) Object (Link) Event
21h15m26s
Lunar Eclipse
Partial lunar eclipse begins
Position Angle=133.7°, Position angle vertex=259.1°, Altitude=31.4°, Azimuth= 73.5° ENE
22h54m08s
Lunar Eclipse
Totality begins
Position Angle=190.4°, Position angle vertex=327.9°, Altitude=49.7°, Azimuth= 52.6° NE
23h00m15s
Lunar Eclipse →graphical chart
Greatest eclipse: Total Lunar Eclipse
Saros-Number: 132, Magnitude=1.006, Position angle=197.0°, Position angle vertex=335.8°
Brightness: -2.9mag, Danjon scale L=4.0 (very bright)
Duration total phase=12.3 minutes,
Duration partial phase=209.7 minutes,
Duration penumbral phase=361.1 minutes, ET-UT=67.8sec, Altitude=50.7°, Azimuth= 50.8° NE
23h06m24s
Lunar Eclipse
Totality ends
Position Angle=203.7°, Position angle vertex=343.8°, Altitude=51.7°, Azimuth= 49.0° NE


Sunday 5 April 2015
Time (24-hour clock) Object (Link) Event
0h45m07s
Lunar Eclipse
Partial lunar eclipse ends
Position Angle=260.4°, Position angle vertex=75.2°, Altitude=62.0°, Azimuth= 8.0° N
5 Items/Events: Export to Outlook/iCal Print