The apparent size of the Moon will then be 29 minutes and 25 seconds of arc in diameter. Calculated for the local area, Southampton. In this event the Moon passed quite wide of the centre of Earth's shadow and as a result the Moon did not get completely dark, as it was in the eclipse of December 1992 for example. During lunar eclipses about half the planet will witness the event and this eclipse was quite favourable in that most of the well populated regions of Earth got to see some of this event during its various stages. The only major exceptions being Antarctica and New Zealand.
Moon exits umbral shadow.
There will be a total eclipse of the Sun on the 21 st June. Totality will be seen from parts of the South Atlantic Ocean, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Madagascar. A partial eclipse will be seen from regions outside the track of totality and these include South America and most of Africa. The maximum duration of totality from the optimum viewing points will be 4 minutes and 57 seconds. A partial eclipse of the Moon will occur on the 5 th July and will be seen from the Pacific Ocean, Australasia, Indian Ocean, parts of Asia, Africa and Antarctica.