There's only 7 hours difference between Melbourne and Phoenix, Arizona (western USA).
The 12:50pm (Melbourne time) for the full moon was when it "went" completely full, not for when it was visible in Melbourne.
That makes sense, thanks for the explanation. You might have to explain the time difference, Phoenix is UTC-7, Melbourne is UTC+10, so that's 17 hours difference going one way, going backwards is 24 - 17 = 7
Right now, it's 15:20PM Monday Afternoon in Melbourne, and in Phoenix Arizona it's 10:20PM Sunday Night, The moon is overhead in Phoenix, but below the horizon in Melbourne.
In a few hours ( about 6:30PM AEST== 08:30AM UTC) the moon will rise in the East in Melbourne, and will set in the west in Phoenix at 6:54AM Mountain Time which is 13:54PM UTC
so from 8:30 UTC to 13:54 UTC the moon will be visible from both Melbourne and Phoenix.
It's SOOOO obvious the eclipse is not caused by the earth's shadow.
Use your brains folks... the shadow went left to right across the moon in about 30 minutes while the moon barely moved in the sky at all... Are you claiming that the sun moved south to north behind the earth in that short amount of time? When the sun has moved a straight line east to west nearly the same exact route as the moon ALL DAY?
Give me a break....
Ok, I'll give you a break. I think you might want to recheck your logic.