A few days after the partial solar eclipse left its mark, the first lunar eclipse was launched to attract the attention of astronomers around the world. A total lunar eclipse will be visible in many parts of the world at the weekend. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon separate so that the Moon passes through the shadow of the Earth. During a total lunar eclipse, the entire moon falls into the darkest part of the earth’s shadow, called the umbra.
This is the highest total lunar eclipse in primetime on the west coast of the United States in this century. A total lunar eclipse occurs during a full moon when the Sun, Earth, and Moon coincide in a perfect line. “The length of the total phase will be 1 hour 25 minutes and the sub-phase more than two hours.
Which cities will see a FULL MONTHLY ECLIPSE?
A total lunar eclipse is visible in most parts of the southern hemisphere. Although not seen in India, parts of South America, Europe, and the Middle East will see a flash of the moon on the weekend that turns to red blood. In this eclipse, up to 99.1% of the Moon’s disk will be within Earth’s umbra.
The eclipse will be visible in Rome, Brussels, London, Paris, Havana, Johannesburg, Lagos, Madrid, Madrid, Santiago, Washington DC, New York, Guatemala City, Rio de Janeiro, and Chicago among others. While these cities will see a total lunar eclipse, the partial eclipse will be visible in Ankara, Cairo, Honolulu, Budapest, and Athens.
WHERE CAN YOU WATCH THE TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE?
Nasa will broadcast a live stream of the celestial event. You can check it out here.
WHEN WILL IT FORGET THE COMPLETE MONTHLY ECONOMY?
A total lunar eclipse begins at 7:02 a.m. on May 16 (IST) with a partial phase at 7:57 a.m., when the moon begins to enter the Earth’s umbra. At this point, it looks like it was bitten from a lunar disk. The part of the moon in the umbra seems to be very dark. The general eclipse phase begins at 8:59 a.m. when the entire Moon is in the Earth’s shadow and turns copper-red. If you want to take pictures, use the camera on a tripod with exposures for at least a few seconds. The total ends at 10:23 when the Moon comes out of the Earth’s umbra and the red color disappears. The eclipse ends at 12:20.
A total lunar eclipse cannot be observed on all full moon nights. This is because, in all phases of the full moon, the Solar Earth does not approach in a straight line. The reason is that the Earth’s orbit and the Moon’s orbit are inclined at an angle of 5 degrees to each other. The two intersecting points of these two paths are called nodes. A lunar eclipse only occurs when the moon is at full moon at night or very close to these nodes.
