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world its smallest full moon of the year - and in North America, a subtle, penumbral eclipse of the moon before sunrise November 28. Meanwhile, those in the world's Eastern Hemisphere - Europe, Africa, Asia, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand - will see this penumbral lunar eclipse after sunset November 28. There's more about who will see what at the bottom of this post.
• The eclipse computer provided by the U.S. Naval observatory lets you find out the local times of the eclipse for your time zone. You do not have to translate Universal Time (UT) into your time. Nonetheless, we list the eclipse times in Universal Time (for Wednesday, November 28):
• Penumbral eclipse begins: 12:15 Universal Time
• Greatest Eclipse: 14:33 UT
• Penumbral eclipse ends: 16:51 UT
• Although the penumbral eclipse lasts - technically speaking - for over four and one-half hours, you're only likely to notice a slight shading on the north side of the moon for up to an hour or so, centered at greatest eclipse (14:33 Universal Time). Generally, at least 70% of the moon's diameter must be immersed within the Earth's penumbral shadow before the eclipse becomes noticeable. At greatest eclipse on November 28, the penumbral shadow will cover nearly 92% of the moon's diameter.
• What can you expect to see during the November 28, 2012 penumbral lunar eclipse? First, here's what you will not see. You won't see a dark bite taken out of the moon by Earth's shadow. And you won't see the moon turn blood red as during (Continued on page 17)
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