The lunar eclipse this Friday will not be the kind of eclipse which one notices if not finding it.

This Friday will witness a penumbral lunar eclipse where the moon does not pass into the full shadow of the Earth and disappear.

The penumbral eclipse makes the moon pass through the lighter shadow.

There are two kinds of shadow cast by all solids and the darker shadow is known as the embra and the lighter one is called penumbra.

Therefore this Friday what most of us will notice is a slight darkening of the moon's lower part when it will pass through the lighter shadow just after its rise.

All those who have keen interest in astronomy can be present at the Starlight Astronomy Club which will have a public sky watch at Canoe Creek State Park made available for public from 6pm until 9pm.

In case some of you miss this event you can wait for another year to get a better and more prominent view where on the 14th April there will be a full dark complete eclipse.

There will also be a small lunar eclipse in the later part of the week for those who miss tomorrow's eclipse.

This Friday around 7:30 pm the moon will slip through the top part of the Earth's penumbral shadow leading to a partial lunar eclipse.