Uluru, Australia

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Uluru, Australia

Lunar eclipse

Total lunar eclipse

Totality lasts 71 minutes

Best around 2:21 AM

Moon in shadow
125%
Totality
71 min
Moon's height
36°
11:35 PM Penumbral begins 38° up
12:38 AM Partial begins 41° up
1:46 AM Totality begins 39° up
2:21 AM Greatest eclipse 36° up
2:57 AM Totality ends 33° up
4:05 AM Partial ends 23° up
5:08 AM Penumbral ends 12° up

Safe to look at with anything, unlike a solar eclipse - the Moon is only reflecting less light.

That morning

Sunrise

5:58 AM

5:58 AM

Clears the hills at 5:55 AM, 3 min after sunrise

5:32 AM Blue hour
5:58 AM Sunrise
6:31 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:39 PM

7:39 PM

Behind the hills at 7:28 PM, 11 min before sunset

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.

7:06 PM Golden hour
7:39 PM Sunset
8:05 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Cold Moon

Blue moon - rises 7:22 PM in the ENE

7:22 PM – 6:11 AM

Named for the long, cold nights at the start of winter. A blue moon too: the second full moon in one calendar month.

ENE WNW
7:22 PM Moonrise
7:42 PM 4°
12:47 AM Highest, 41°
5:51 AM 4°
6:11 AM Moonset

Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.

Rises
7:22 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
2:18 AM
Distance
234,660 mi - blue moon

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonset 5:10 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:32 AM–5:58 AM
  • Sunrise 5:58 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:58 AM–6:31 AM
  • Morning best color 6:09 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:06 PM–7:39 PM
  • Evening best color 7:21 PM
  • Moonrise 7:23 PM
  • Sunset 7:39 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:39 PM–8:05 PM
  • Fully dark 9:08 PM–4:29 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Uluru, Australia

Partial lunar eclipse 50% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 15 Jun 2030 4:03 AM Partial solar eclipse 73.4% of the Sun covered
Mon 25 Nov 2030 5:57 PM Partial solar eclipse 20.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 21 May 2031 6:05 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 66 minutes
Sun 25 Apr 2032 12:43 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 4:33 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 48 minutes
Thu 14 Apr 2033 4:42 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Sat 8 Oct 2033 8:25 PM Partial solar eclipse 33.8% of the Sun covered
Fri 9 Mar 2035 6:44 AM Total solar eclipse Totality here
Mon 13 Jul 2037 11:47 AM Partial solar eclipse 86.1% of the Sun covered
Sun 26 Dec 2038 9:13 AM

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