The animation shows approximately what the eclipse looks like from the night side of earth.

During this penumbral lunar eclipse, the Earth's main shadow does not cover the Moon. As the Earth's shadow (umbra) misses the Moon during a penumbral lunar eclipse, there are no other locations on Earth where the Moon appears partially or totally eclipsed during this event.

A penumbral lunar eclipse can be a bit hard to see, as the shadowed part is only a little bit fainter than the rest of the Moon.

Local times for eclipse in Noumea on Saturday, September 17, 2016

Click on the Sun/Moon symbol in the “Looks like” column to see what the eclipse looks like during the different phases of the event.

Event

Time in Noumea

Direction

Altitude

Looks like

Comments

Penumbral Eclipse begins

Sep 17 at 3:57 AM

277°

25.3°

The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.

Maximal Eclipse visible in Noumea

Sep 17 at 5:49 AM

267°

0.4°

The maximum part of the eclipse occurs when the Moon is close under the horizon. The best time to view the eclipse in Noumea would be around this time. Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to West for the best view of the eclipse.

Moonset

Sep 17 at 5:52 AM

267°

0.0° below

Not directly visible

Below horizon

Maximum Eclipse

Sep 17 at 5:55 AM

266°

0.6° below

Not directly visible

Below horizon

Penumbral Eclipse ends

Sep 17 at 7:53 AM

255°

27.2° below

Not directly visible

Below horizon

This eclipse is in progress during moonrise or moonset, so only parts of the eclipse are visible in Noumea.

The animation's bottom edge represents an ideal, flat horizon, which is at the same altitude as the observer.