[phas-dept] Fwd: May Total Lunar Eclipse

[Carlos Bertulani]

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From: Don Carona <don at tamu.edu<mailto:don at tamu.edu>>
Subject: May Total Lunar Eclipse
Date: May 5, 2022 at 8:33:42 AM CDT
To: Physics Staff <staff at physics.tamu.edu<mailto:staff at physics.tamu.edu>>
Cc: Physics Faculty <faculty at physics.tamu.edu<mailto:faculty at physics.tamu.edu>>, Physics Graduates <graduates at physics.tamu.edu<mailto:graduates at physics.tamu.edu>>

Howdy!

Attached is the official information from NASA GSFC regarding the total lunar eclipse of May 15-16 (local time). Let’s hope for good weather so we can all go outside and enjoy it. Most smart phone cameras will work well for photographing the event. Don’t forget to disable the flash.

- The entire eclipse event will be visible from our location.

- Times on the attachment are Universal Time (UT). Since we are under daylight time, subtract 5 hours from the UT times given for Central Daylight Time (CDT).

- Eclipse begins (first contact) at 01:32:07 UT (8:32 P.M. CDT, May 15, 2022)

- Greatest eclipse (totality) is at 04:11:06 UT (11:11 P.M. CDT, May 15, 2022)

- Wikipedia article on Umbra and Penumbra<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbra,_penumbra_and_antumbra__;!!KwNVnqRv!A7hhyMEG8Fn3kOHcr04hPaVpATTFRickPfxVrBRF4BPGeQixOWBYZuQMsUHcUh7y8LDiqOvpl010O6SnXTg$> if you need a reference.


Have Fun!
Don

Don W. Carona
Teaching Observatory
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4242
(979) 845-0536




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