Total Lunar Eclipse

TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE Saturday, Dec. 10, marks the last total lunar eclipse until 2014. The eclipse can be viewed from Alaska, northern Canada, Australia, New Zealand, central Asia and eastern Asia ENDS BEGINS Total Penumbral Partial eclipse 1730 GMT Greatest eclipse 1617 GMT 1457 GMT 1431 GMT 1406 GMT 1245 GMT Total eclipse Partial eclipse Penumbral eclipse 1133 GMT eclipse eclipse Full eclipse Eclipse visible at Eclipse visible at Eclipse not visible Eclipse not visible visible moonrise moonset A LUNAR ECLIPSE occurs when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon Penumbra Earth's axis Equator Sun Sunlight Moon Moon's orbit Umbra /Earth RED MOON – The Earth's atmosphere refracts and filters sunlight to favour the redder wavelengths, which then fall on the moon to make it appear orange or blood red Sources: NASA, Sky & Telescope REUTERS