Highlight of the astronomy year: partial lunar eclipse on Saturday

2023-10-23 11:47:36

The eclipse can be seen in full, with a maximum of 13 percent of the lunar disk being covered by the Earth’s umbra.

Lunar eclipses only occur during a full moon. The sun, earth and moon are on a line and the earth’s satellite moves through the umbra or penumbra of the earth. The moon can be completely (total lunar eclipse) or only partially (partial lunar eclipse) immersed in this shadow.

The spectacle begins on Saturday at 9:34 p.m. (CEST) with the moon entering the Earth’s umbra. The peak is at 10:14 p.m.: during the maximum eclipse, 13 percent of the moon’s disk lies in the Earth’s umbra at the bottom left. Finally, at 10:54 p.m., the event ends with the moon emerging from the umbra.

The next lunar eclipse in Vienna will take place on March 25, 2024, but it will be a partial penumbral eclipse that is virtually invisible. However, the partial lunar eclipse can be observed almost completely on September 18, 2024. The next total lunar eclipse, which can be seen from Vienna, will not take place until December 31, 2028.

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