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Total Lunar Eclipse
Jack Huerkamp

There is a total lunar eclipse visible just before sunrise on Tuesday, November 8, 2022.

The Penumbral portion of the eclipse begins around 2:05AM with the Moon at Altitude 52 degrees and Azimuth 256 degrees.

The Moon enters the Umbral shadow around 3:13AM and will have dropped to Altitude 38 degrees and Azimuth 270 - due West.

Mid-Totality is around 5:05AM with the Moon only 15.5 up in Altitude and at Azimuth 280.

Totality ends around 5:45AM with the Moon at Altitude 7.3 degrees and Azimuth 285.

Finally, the Moon starts to cross the horizon at 6:21AM at Azimut 290. If the skies are clear and free of fog, it may be possible to see the Moon sink below Lake Pontchartrain.


Jack Huerkamp

Jack Huerkamp

Here are a time lapse video created from images captured every 30 seconds for 2 hours. I was able to observe the event until almost mid-eclipse when the pine trees to my WNW swallowed the Moon. I also enclosed one of the images captured.

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