Partial lunar eclipse will be seen on Saturday night

Partial lunar eclipse on Saturday night

A partial lunar eclipse can be observed in Austria on Saturday night – provided the weather is good. Experts classify the event as the highlight of the astronomical year 2023.

The eclipse can be seen in its entirety, with maximum eclipses 13 percent of the lunar disk is covered by Earth’s umbra.


Peak at 10:14 pm


The celestial shadow play starts at 9:34 pm with the entry of the Moon into the Earth’s umbra. O The highlight is at 10:14 pm: At maximum eclipse, 13% of the Moon’s disk lies in the Earth’s umbra.


Finally, at 10:54 pm, the event ends with the moon emerging from the umbra.


Lunar eclipses only occur during a full moon. The sun, earth and moon are aligned and Earth’s satellite moves through Earth’s umbra or penumbra. The moon can be completely (total lunar eclipse) or only partially (partial lunar eclipse) immersed in this shadow.