East November 8, 2022 we will witness a shocking total lunar eclipse, an astronomical phenomenon also known as Red Moon.
This will also be the last eclipse of the year and, according to NASA, the next of these features will be the March 14, 2025although we will continue to see half-light and partial lunar eclipses for the next few months.
As with this type of eclipse, they cannot be seen all over the world, but in the part of the planet where it is night. In this case, It will be visible in Oceania, Asia and America.
Fortunately, lunar eclipses can be observed naked eye without the need to use goggles or protective elements.
Lunar eclipse of November 8, 2022: how many types of lunar eclipse exist
As we said, this lunar eclipse It will be a total lunar eclipse. But how many types of lunar eclipses are there?
penumbral eclipse. During these eclipses, the Moon passes through the faint penumbral shadow of the Earth. They are quite difficult to see with the naked eye.
partial eclipse. These types of eclipses occur when part of the Moon crosses the shadow of the dark threshold of the Earth. The remainder of our natural satellite looks bright even though it is in the dim light.
Total eclipse. These eclipses occur when the full Moon crosses the shadow of the Earth’s threshold. They are distinguished by the range of colors that the star can adopt during the total phase.
What is a lunar eclipse and why does it occur?
A lunar eclipse It occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align so that the Moon passes into the shadow of the Earth, explains NASA.
During a total lunar eclipsethe whole Moon falls into the darkest part of the earth’s shadow, called shadow.
This kind of total lunar eclipse occurs only in the full moon and, as we have detailed, it is generated when the Earth is in the center of it and the Sun. In this way, our natural satellite enters the threshold zone and is completely obscured.
Therefore, it generates a shadow cone which gives the moon a reddish tone while it is in its full phase: this is what it is called “Red Moon”.
This red color is due to the poor sunlight passing through the atmosphere of the planet it takes on that hue when it is refracted and projected on the surface of the Moon.
The atmosphere behaves, in this way, as a “light filter” which prevents the projection of blue colors, which are dispersed in space.
Lunar eclipse of November 8, 2022: where it will be seen
East lunar eclipse can be seen in all its phases (partial and total) in most of North America, New Zealand, islands of the Pacific Ocean, eastern coast of Australia, much of Japan, eastern regions of Russia, South Korea, China eastern and northeastern and reported the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard space of the stellar walk.
Instead, you can only see a partial lunar eclipse in northeastern Europe, Asia, Australia, parts of North America, much of South America, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Oceans, Arctic and Antarctica.
In central America it can be seen almost completely, while in South America it will be seen incomplete, since it will coincide with the sunrise and sunset of the Moon.
Source: Clarin
