Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Don't forget, Total Lunar Eclipse and Perigee Moon tonight (Wednesday, May 26, 2021)
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| Eastern horizon as seen from Sydney on 26 May at 21:00 AEST. The Moon is at Perigee when it is closest to Earth and the eclipse is about 10 minutes from totality. The inset shows the telescopic/binocular view at this time. Click to embiggen | Eastern horizon as seen from Adelaide on 26 May at 20:30 ACST. The Moon is at Perigee when it is closest to Earth and the eclipse is about 10 minutes from totality. The inset shows the telescopic/binocular view at this time. Click to embiggen | Eastern horizon as seen from Perth on 26 May at 19:00 AWST. The Moon is at Perigee when it is closest to Earth and the eclipse is about 10 minutes from totality. The inset shows the telescopic/binocular view at this time. Click to embiggen |
A reminder that tonight ( Wednesday, May 26), there will be an excellent total eclipse of the Moon, the first in Australia since 2018. Even though it will be cloudy in most of southern Australia, it is still worth going out to catch the eclipse between gaps in the cloud, or shining weirdly through the cloud layer. Times for the eclipse at cities around Australia are below.
A guide I wrote for the October 2014 lunar eclipse to taking photos of the eclipse is here. And here is a more general (and more recent) link to lunar photography with mobile phones and adapters that is useful for mobile phone imaging of the eclipse.
See here for a map and contact timings in Universal Time for sites outside Australia.
Weather: Cloud cover predictions can be found at SkippySky.
Here is the near-real time satellite view of the clouds (day and night) http://satview.bom.gov.au/
See here for a map and contact timings in Universal Time for sites outside Australia.
| City | Civil Twilight | Nautical Twilight | Astronomical twilight | Eclipse Start | Totality Start | Maximum Eclipse | Totality End | Eclipse End |
| Adelaide (ACST) |
17:42 | 18:13 | 18:43 | 19:15 | 20:40 (perigee 20:30) |
20:49 | 20:58 | 22:23 |
| Alice Springs (ACST) | 18:21 | 18:48 | 19:16 | 19:15 | 20:40 (perigee 20:30) |
20:49 | 20:58 | 22:23 |
| Auckland (NZT) | 17:43 | 18:15 | 18:46 | 21:44 | 23:09 | 23:18 | 23:27 | 00:52 |
| Brisbane (AEST) | 18:21 | 18:48 | 19:16 | 19:45 | 21:10 (perigee 21:00) | 21:19 | 21:28 | 22:53 |
| Cairns (AEST) | 18:13 | 18:40 | 19:06 | 19:45 | 21:10 (perigee 21:00) | 21:19 | 21:28 | 22:53 |
| Canberra (AEST) | 17:29 | 18:00 | 18:31 | 19:45 | 21:10 (perigee 21:00) | 21:19 | 21:28 | 22:53 |
| Christchurch (NZT) | 17:37 | 18:12 | 18:47 | 21:44 | 23:09 | 23:18 | 23:27 | 00:52 |
| Darwin (ACST) | 18:50 | 19:16 | 19:42 | 19:15 | 20:40 (perigee 20:30) |
20:49 | 20:58 | 22:23 |
| Hobart (AEST) | 16:50 | 17:25 | 17:59 | 19:45 | 21:10 (perigee 21:00) | 21:19 | 21:28 | 22:53 |
| Melbourne (AEST) | 17:41 | 18:14 | 18:45 | 19:45 | 21:10 (perigee 21:00) | 21:19 | 21:28 | 22:53 |
| Perth (AWST) | 17:49 | 18:18 | 18:48 | 17:45 | 19:10 (perigee 19:00) | 19:19 | 19:28 | 20:53 |
| Rockhampton (AEST) | 17:44 | 18:12 | 18:39 | 19:45 | 21:10 (perigee 21:00) | 21:19 | 21:28 | 22:53 |
| Sydney (AEST) | 17:24 | 17:55 | 18:26 | 19:45 | 21:10 (perigee 21:00) | 21:19 | 21:28 | 22:53 |
| Townsville (AEST) | 18:05 | 18:32 | 18:59 | 19:45 | 21:10 (perigee 21:00) | 21:19 | 21:28 | 22:53 |
Weather: Cloud cover predictions can be found at SkippySky.
Here is the near-real time satellite view of the clouds (day and night) http://satview.bom.gov.au/
Labels: eclipse, Moon, perigee, unaided eye
# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 12:44 pm 
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