Spectacular Lunar Eclipse Show
Saturday, 10th December 2011
Singapore's astronomy enthusiast were treated to a grand view of the full lunar eclipse show. The full eclipse lasted about an hour between 10pm and 11pm local time. The weather was perfect and the sky was almost cloudless.
It's not every day the moon turns blood red because usually it's just the normal you know - light bulb colour. But this time, it changed from bright yellow to dark orange, then red, and back again. All these within an hour.
Photo Credit: Flickr.
Total Lunar Eclipse in the Evening of 10 Dec 2011
The total lunar eclipse is visible just after sunset. The actual eclipse sequence:
7.31 pm - Start of Penumbra Eclipse.
8.45 pm - Start of Umbra Partial Phase.
10.05 pm - Start of Total Eclipse.
10.31 pm - Maximum Eclipse.
10.57 pm - End of Total Eclipse.
12.18 am - End of Umbra Partial Eclipse.
1.31 am - End of Penumbra Eclipse.
For those that missed this live show, you can only catch the next total lunar eclipse in three years time on April 2014.