– This Sunday, September 27 will be observed in Colombia and throughout Latin a total lunar eclipse. On Monday, in Western Europe. This extravaganza, which can be seen with the naked eye, binoculars and telescopes will start in Colombia at 8:07 pm.
The Supermoon, or large moon, known as NASA, is It will be appreciated in conjunction with the lunar eclipse. Perhaps most spectacular phenomenon will occur when the natural satellite becomes reddish fact that will occur between 9 and 11 minutes and 10 and 23 minutes at night.
The partial phase will begin at 8 : 07 pm, so it will be a show of 3 hours and 19 minutes, during which the moon will be a “limited” 356 000 896 kilometers
Throughout human history, lunar eclipses They have been viewed with fear and sometimes with fear. Today, we know that a total lunar eclipse occurs when the full moon passes through the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, the umbra and that means no danger.
Supermoon Eclipse Sunday will last for 1 hour and 11 minutes and will be visible if weather permitting for North and South America, Europe, Africa and parts of western Asia and the eastern Pacific.
During a lunar eclipse, the moon appears increasingly bright as the sunlight is blocked by the Earth’s shadow.
The moon has no light of its own; reflects the light it receives from the sun.
When all approaches, the sunlight reaches the moon indirect and refracted around the “edges” of the Earth through the Earth’s atmosphere .
Because of this, almost all colors except red are “filtered” and eclipsed Moon appears dark brown or reddish
This filtering is caused by particles in the atmosphere.; when there has been a lot of fire and / or volcanic eruptions, lunar eclipses appear darker and redder.
This disturbing – but harmless – effect phenomenon has earned the nickname of
“Because the moon’s orbit is not a perfect circle,” blood moon. ” Sometimes the moon is closer to Earth than at other times during its orbit, “said Noah Petro, deputy project scientist for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter at Goddard Space Flight Center of NASA in Greenbelt, Maryland. “When the moon is farthest known as swing, and when is the closest known as perigee. On September 27, we will have a full-service, full moon nearest the year perigee. “
At perigee, the moon is about 31,000 miles closer to Earth than the swing. This distance is equivalent to more than once around the circumference of the Earth. His imminent proximity makes the moon appear 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter in the sky a full moon peak, prompting the term “super moon”.
“There is no difference physics at the moon, “Petro said. “It just seems a little bigger in the sky. Not spectacular, but it looks bigger. “
A lunar eclipse usually puts an even greater spectacle. For over an hour, the shadow of the Earth absorbs the moon as the planet passes between the sun and the moon. Lunar eclipses typically occur at least twice a year, and 228 will occur in the 21st century alone. While people like the Incas and Mesopotamian lunar eclipses historically viewed as random and frightening events are actually quite predictable.
Scientists have predicted eclipses Goddard thousand years in the future. Petro said it is only a matter of knowing where the Earth, Sun and Moon are at a given point in time.
As for the supermoon and a lunar eclipse occurring simultaneously, said Petro “It’s the just planetary dynamics. The orbit of the Moon around the Earth is inclined relative to the axis of the Earth and the orbital plane of all these things just fall into place from time to time. When the rhythms are aligned, you could get three to four eclipses in a row or supermoon and eclipse happening. “
But the proverbial stars align for this event only once every few decades, so This much rarer phenomenon than a lunar eclipse supermoon or separately. The / combination supermoon last lunar eclipse occurred in 1982 and the next will not occur until 2033. “That’s weird because it’s something that a whole generation has not seen,” Petro said.
Why the moon will rise again red?
The atmosphere of the Earth’s blue light is dispersed so that the light that reaches the lunar surface is predominantly red.
Earth observers see a moon It can be colored brick, rusty, blood red, or sometimes dark gray depending on atmospheric conditions.
When I can see next to a lunar eclipse?
will be the last total eclipse of the moon visible from the UK until 2019.
When did this happen last?
The three total lunar eclipses previous tetrad occurred in April 15 2014, October 8, 2014, and April 4, 2015, but were not visible from the UK. A tetrad like this cycle has not been seen since 1982 and will not start again until 2032.
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