Well what a place to be to view one of nature’s true views! Last Saturday evening, there was a Total Lunar Eclipse, viewable in Asia-Pacific and North America/Canada mainly, so being in Singapore was a blessing in disguise 🙂
We sat on the beach at East Coast Park and enjoyed the view as the sunset and the moon-light appeared in all its glory!
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- View of the Horizon from East Coast Park
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- Night Lights of the Cargo Ships 🙂
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- Changing the Camera Settings 🙂
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- View down the beach
The total lunar eclipse was visible just after sunset, and we took advantage of being on the East Coast Park to see the start of it. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes behind the Earth so that the Earth blocks the Sun’s rays from striking the Moon. I then took the post-Eclipse photos (because I was watching TV and got a bit carried away and forgot the time of the Total Eclipse(!!)) outside of my apartment in Orchard.
The eclipse sequence (SGT) was as shown:
- 7.31 pm – Start of Penumbra Eclipse.
- 8.45 pm – Start of Umbra Partial Phase.
- 10.05 pm – Start of Total Eclipse.
- 10.31 pm – Maximum Eclipse.
- 10.57 pm – End of Total Eclipse.
- 12.18 am – End of Umbra Partial Eclipse.
- 1.31 am – End of Penumbra Eclipse.
So in short, it (the Total Lunar Eclipse) was only visible for 52 minutes 🙂
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- Start of the Lunar Eclipse
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- The moon in all its glory!
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- View of the Eclipse in Full Flow
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- View of the Post-Eclipse from my Orchard Apartment
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- Earth’s Shadow Across the Moon
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- Amazing Eclipse View
The next one is scheduled for 15th April, 2014, so I better put that date in my calendar now – although I don’t know where I will be then – hehehe!