The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like in McMurdo. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times are local time (NZST) for McMurdo.
Time
Phase
Event
Direction
Altitude
1:23 pm Fri, Aug 28
Not directly visible
Penumbral Eclipse beginsBelow horizon
171°
-2.1°
2:33 pm Fri, Aug 28
Not directly visible
Partial Eclipse beginsBelow horizon
154°
-1.3°
3:33 pm Fri, Aug 28
Rising
MoonriseRising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends.
140°
-0.2°
4:12 pm Fri, Aug 28
Maximum EclipseMoon is closest to the center of the shadow. Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point. Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.
131°
0.8°
5:51 pm Fri, Aug 28
Partial Eclipse endsPartial moon eclipse ends. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-southeast.
107°
4.6°
7:01 pm Fri, Aug 28
Penumbral Eclipse endsThe Earth's penumbra ends. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East.
The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.
During this partial lunar eclipse, the Earth's shadow covers only parts of the Moon, as seen from McMurdo. There are no other locations on Earth where the Moon appears completely covered during this event. The Earth's shadow covers a large portion of the Moon, so this is still a nice sight.