{"id":3028,"date":"2011-12-05T12:38:07","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T01:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/?p=3028"},"modified":"2011-12-05T12:39:46","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T01:39:46","slug":"total-lunar-eclipse-guide-december-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/in-the-mag\/total-lunar-eclipse-guide-december-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Total lunar eclipse guide December 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3314\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 605px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Eclipseok.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3314\" title=\"Eclipse\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Eclipseok.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Eclipseok.jpg 605w, https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Eclipseok-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">During lunar eclipses, the Moon turns red. Image: Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Lunar eclipses are safe to watch, and you&#8217;ll have the chance to see one on December 10-11, 2011.<!--more--><\/strong>This is the last total lunar eclipse until 2014, and it is expected to last 51 minutes. &#8220;Unlike a solar eclipse, lunar eclipses last for much longer and can be viewed safely from anywhere on the night side of Earth, without need for protective or special equipment,&#8221; said Dr. Tanya Hill, Astronomer at the Melbourne Planetarium at Scienceworks. During a lunar eclipse, filtered sunlight makes de Moon appear red&#8211;depending on the presence of dust and clouds, it can appear brown, orange or yellow.<\/p>\n<p>Our Sky Watch columnist, Jonathan Nally, prepared this guide specially for you. If you want more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/spaceinfo.com.au\">spaceinfo.com.au <\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" width=\"464\"><strong>Total   eclipse of the Moon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Begins   Saturday, Dec 10 &#8220;\u201c ends Sunday, Dec 11<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"95\"><strong>City<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>Start,   main part of the eclipse<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>Mid-eclipse<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>End,   main part of the eclipse<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"95\"><strong>Darwin<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">10:16pm   Sat<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">00:02am   Sun<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">01:48am   Sun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"95\"><strong>Brisbane<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">10:46pm   Sat<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">00:32am   Sun<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">02:18am   Sun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"95\"><strong>Sydney<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">11:46pm   Sat<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">01:32am   Sun<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">03:18am   Sun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"95\"><strong>Canberra<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">11:46pm   Sat<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">01:32am   Sun<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">03:18am   Sun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"95\"><strong>Melbourne<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">11:46pm   Sat<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">01:32am   Sun<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">03:18am   Sun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"95\"><strong>Hobart<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">11:46pm   Sat<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">01:32am   Sun<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">03:18am   Sun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"95\"><strong>Adelaide<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">11:16pm   Sat<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">01:02am   Sun<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">02:48am   Sun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"95\"><strong>Perth<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">8:46pm   Sat<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">10:32pm   Sat<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">00:18am   Sun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lunar eclipses are safe to watch, and you&#8217;ll have the chance to see one on December 10-11, 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,36,29,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-mag","category-news","category-night-sky","category-space"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3028"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3028"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3318,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3028\/revisions\/3318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}