Kelmscott Scout Group

**ASTRONOMICAL EVENT ALERT!!**

Once again, the Moon will enter the Shadow of Earth and give us Earthlings (Perthlings) front row seating for a Total Lunar Eclipse.

This "rare" event is a pretty amazing sight to behold, especially as the partially eclipsed moon will be seen rising over the Darling Escarpment. As the Moon ascends higher into the sky, the deeper into Earth's shadow it will travel.

Some people refer to this as "The Blood Moon"



Talk about being overly dramatic!
The Moon will slowly turn a deep, coppery-orange colour. This is due to the longer wavelengths of light (oranges and reds) being scattered deeper into the shadow created by Earth.

Chief Astronomer Rick will be heading out to do a LiveSky Astronomy broadcast for international Astronomy Education provider, SLOOH. This broadcast will be streamed via our YouTube channel (there will be no witty commentary from Rick this time around - thank god i can hear you say....)

Grab a camera (or your phone), maybe a picnic dinner (and that someone special) and head out for this "Many Times in a Lifetime Experience" (it ain't that rare, despite what social media says...)

Almost forgot!
What time and what date I hear you ask?

Date: Tuesday 3rd March 2026
Time: Starts around 7:00pm AWST -

Look to the east in the direction of the rising Moon.

The Eclipse finishes around 9:20pm AWST

Send in your photos, we'd love to see them!

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