can i view the moon eclipse today if i live in New Jersey?

Question by B.N.: can i view the moon eclipse today if i live in New Jersey?
Its in the US. but if i live in NJ is it possible to see it?
thank you,


Best answer:
Answer by david_bowman_scNo. Though the moon will be up for you before 9pm, the sky will be too bright with the twilight to notice any change in the Moon's brightness. It will be extremely difficult to see, even in a dark sky since this is not an umbral but a penumbral eclipse. The Moon misses the dark part of the Earth's shadow and only hits the fringe part of the shadow.


From Sky and Telescope's web site:

# Wednesday, August 5

# Full Moon (exact at 8:55 p.m. EDT), with Jupiter near it. The Moon undergoes a very slight penumbral eclipse, probably too slight for any shading to be detectable at all by eye. If you want to try, South America, Europe, or Africa are the places to be; the midtime is 0:39 August 6th UT.

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