How Bay Space will see eclipse: an enormous full moon with a faint smudge

Bay Space skywatchers must look near see the partial lunar eclipse on Tuesday.

California’s coast is on the very fringe of the viewing vary, and the moon will simply be rising when the eclipse begins.

The jap a part of the continent will get a barely higher look as a part of the complete moon — this month’s is called the harvest moon — is obscured by shadow.

Within the Bay Space, the moon will rise round 7:15 p.m., simply because the solar is setting. For a lot of viewers, it would take a couple of extra minutes for the moon to clear the jap hills.

The eclipse begins round 7:13 p.m. and peaks at 7:44. It is going to seem as a darkening on the higher left fringe of the moon. At that time, the Bay Space will nonetheless be within the “nautical twilight” part of nightfall, not fairly darkish.

All of North America will probably be in significantly better place for viewing of a full lunar eclipse — a “blood moon” — on March 14, 2025.

Initially Printed: September 17, 2024 at 8:47 a.m.