night after ecplise

[wranglr88]

stupid question, but, after last nights lunar eclipse, will there be some sort of partial eclipse tonight?

[iceman (Mike)]

Hi Wranglr.

No, there'll be nothing special about tonights moon. It will be just past full and rising about an hour later than last night.

A lunar eclipse (of any kind) can only happen during a full moon -full moon was last night. A partial eclipse is when only part of the moon enters the deep part of the Earth's shadow (the umbra). Last night, all of the moon entered that part of the shadow - that's why it was a total lunar eclipse.

Whether it's a total or partial is just dependant on the alignment of the moon and the earth's shadow during each full moon.

[wranglr88]

thanks. i didnt think that there would be.

[DougAdams]

Originally Posted by wranglr88

stupid question, but, after last nights lunar eclipse, will there be some sort of partial eclipse tonight?

You'll probably find somewhere in the world in a couple of weeks (or a couple of weeks ago) there will be a solar eclipse. It tends to happen while the sun, earth and moon are in the same "plane".

[Blue Skies (Jacquie)]

On Sept 11 there is a partial solar eclipse visible from South America,