On November 28, there will be a penumbral lunar eclipse that will be visible in the Philippines as well as most of Asia. Penumbral magnitude will be around 94%. The event will start at around 8:15pm PST (Philippine Standard Time) about 40 degrees high from the eastern horizon wherein the Moon will enter the Earth's penumbral (lighter) shadow and reach maximum penumbral eclipse of around 94% , meaning the Moon will not enter into the umbral (dark) shadow, thus will only display a pale grayish shading on the northern limb of the Moon. During this time, the Moon will be in the constellation of Taurus with the Hyades star cluster and planet Jupiter close by :) The Moon will finally exits the Earth's shadow past midnight at around 12:51am. Click above image for bigger view. Image courtesy of Fred Espenak. Local circumstances prepared by James Kevin Ty of Astronomical League of the Philippines.
Members of the Astronomical League of the Philippines will setup public observation as well as documentation of this event at AstroCamp Observatory in SM MOA, Pasay City.
TIME (PST) / ALTITUDE / AZIMUTH
Moon Enters Penumbra 20:14:59 pm 40 deg 58' / 75 deg 31' E
Maximum Penubral Eclipse (94%) 22:34:07 pm 72 deg 13' / 68 deg 16' E
Moon Exits Penumbra 00:50:59 am 74 deg 05' /294 deg 07' NW
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