Shownotes
Listen: https://soundcloud.com/astrophiz/astrophizmarchskyguide
Welcome to the Astrophiz March SkyGuide, where Ian tells us about the Total Lunar Eclipse and all the observation and astrophotography tips that go with it.
Also you get highlights of the morning and evening skies and how to find the Variable star, Mira.
Moon Phases
Full Moon – Tues 3 March (Total Lunar Eclipse)
Third Quarter: March 11,
New Moon: March 19,
1st Quarter: March 25
Total Lunar Eclipse Times: Tuesday 3 March
For Australia, NZ and US, the times are:
ACT/NSW/TAS/VIC
Partial Eclipse begins 8:50 pm
Full Eclipse begins 10:04 pm
Maximum Eclipse 10:33 pm
Full Eclipse ends 11:02 pm
Partial Eclipse ends 12:17 am
QLD
Partial Eclipse begins 7:50 pm
Full Eclipse begins 9:04 pm
Maximum Eclipse 9:33 pm
Full Eclipse ends 10:02 pm
Partial Eclipse ends 11:17 pm
SA:
Partial Eclipse begins 8:20 pm
Full Eclipse begins 9:34 pm
Maximum Eclipse 10:03 pm
Full Eclipse ends 10:32 pm
Partial Eclipse ends 11:47 pm
NT:
Partial Eclipse begins 7:20 pm
Full Eclipse begins 8:34 pm
Maximum Eclipse 9:03 pm
Full Eclipse ends 9:32 pm
Partial Eclipse ends 10:47 pm
WA
Full Eclipse begins 7:04 pm
Maximum Eclipse 7:33 pm
Full Eclipse ends 8:02 pm
Partial Eclipse ends 9:17 pm
NZ (NZST):
Partial Eclipse begins 10:50 pm
Full Eclipse begins 12:04 am
Maximum Eclipse 12:33 am
Full Eclipse ends 1:02 am
Partial Eclipse ends 2:17 am
USA
East Coast – Boston
Partial Eclipse begins 3:44 am
Maximum Eclipse 6:15 am
Full Eclipse ends 6:17 am
Central – Denver
Partial Eclipse begins 1:44 am
Maximum Eclipse 4:33 am
Full Eclipse ends 6:33 am
West Coast – LA
Partial Eclipse begins 12:44 am
Maximum Eclipse 3:33 am
Full Eclipse ends 6:24 am
TRANSCRIPT:
Brendan: Welcome to the Astrophiz Podcasts.
My name is Brendan O ‘Brien and first of all, we would like to acknowledge Australia’s first astronomers, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the traditional owners and custodians of the land we are on.
This episode is produced on Yorta Yorta, Pangarang and Kaurna Country.
We also ask you to influence your local politicians with the message that we need to change our energy policies to move to renewable energy to mitigate climate change.
Each month we bring you two fabulous episodes on the first of each month you’ll get to hear Dr. Ian ‘Astroblog’ Musgrave give us his monthly SkyGuide, then, on the 15th of each month, we publish an interview with a leading astronomer, astrophysicist, space scientist, data scientist, telescope engineer, project manager or particle physicist, and we discover their science journey and rare insights into how they think, when they think best, and how they conduct their amazing research into exactly how our universe works.
Our audio files and transcripts are available on our website at AstrophizDOTcom, And our MP3 files can be freely streamed or downloaded to your favourite device from our SoundCloud channel, our free Amazon Audible stream, YouTube podcasts, Podbean, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
But right now we’re zooming over to Adelaide in South Australia to get your SkyGuide from Ian.
Brendan: Hello Ian.
Ian: Hello Brendan.