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Well, the penumbral lunar eclipse has come and gone over Manila, the
Philippines. The skies have been clear throughout the eclipse, with just
a
few stray clouds coming here and there. The start of the penumbral
eclipse
was not so noticeable as the Moon continued to shine brightly. It was
only
about an hour before greatest eclipse that the shading of the northern
third of the Moon became much more noticeable.
Earlier, it just seemed that there was a slight brush of shading on the
northern area of the Moon that merged with the rabbit-shaped maria on the
disk. During maximum eclipse (12:17 a.m. Feb. 1, local time - we missed
out on a Blue Moon by a few minutes), the Moon's northern half appeared
shaded, while the southern half appeared to be just slighly fainter than
before the eclipse. The presence of high thin clouds gave the immediate
surrounding sky a pale yellowish cast that was different from the bluish
sky surrounding the Moon earlier in the evening. In addition, a faint
halo
was visible around the Moon. It is interesting to see another halo since
last Wednesday (Jan. 27) evening, there was also a pale halo around the
gibbous Moon, and a strong halo display around the Moon on Thursday
evening
(Jan. 28), which was noticed from 9 p.m. till 11 p.m. This strong halo
display formed a complete and very visible white ring around the Moon.
This penumbral lunar eclipse would not be so noticeable since the Moon was
shining brightly with the exception of the slight shading in the north.
Most people would not have known or noticed that an eclipse was going on.
Jun Lao
Manila, Philippines
14.5 N, 121 E
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