March 23, 2016 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

The sky in the evening was partly hazy so the rising Full Moon , which had already entered penumbral phase much earlier around 5:47pm PST while it is still below horizon, shows a distinct coppery yellow color as it rises from the eastern horizon. It later turned back to its natural lunar color after it passed through the thick haze on the horizon. The penumbral shadow cast a very light shade at around 7 o'clock position and slowly entered into maximum penumbral phase of about 77.5% and cast about 1/3rd light shadings on the lunar surface. It then slowly creeps out of the lunar surface at around 4 o'clock and finally exits at 9:54pm PST. I observed the event with fellow ALPer Alberto Lao.