A shocking lunar eclipse will invade the eastern sky November 8. But besides being a Blood Moon it will be there eclipse it close this season 2022.
In fact, as reported by NASA, the next lunar eclipse of these characteristics will be the March 14, 2025even if there will be partial and penumbral lunar eclipses until that moment.
On this occasion, the lunar eclipse will be visible -with different intensity- in Oceania, Asia and America.
What is a lunar eclipse?
A lunar eclipse happens when the sun, the earth and the moon are aligned so that the Moon passes into the The shadow of the Earth, NASA says on its website.
During this astronomical phenomenon, the Earth is located between the Sun and the Moon and generates a shadow cone which obscures our natural satellite.
The The moon orbits the Earth about once every 29 days, and as it revolves around our planet, its position relative to the Sun causes change phase.
A lunar eclipse it can only happen when The moon is its full phase. And it happens if the Moon is only passing through a shadowy portion of our planet.
During a lunar eclipse, the Earth blocks sunlight from reaching our satellite. This means at night the full moon disappears completelyas the earth’s shadow covers it.
The Moon can also appear with a rust because the earth’s atmosphere absorbs other colors while some sunlight is bent towards it.
Why does the Moon appear red during an eclipse?
During a lunar eclipse In total, the Earth blocks the light of the Sun and does not reach the Moon. But while the Moon remains entirely within the shadow of our planet’s threshold, the indirect sunlight nor can it reach it and enlighten it, details mreclipse.com.
However, this light must first penetrate deep into the atmosphere of the Earth, which filters most of the blue light.
The remaining light is intense red or orange color and it is much weaker than pure white sunlight. Even the earth’s atmosphere refracts some of this light so that a small fraction can reach and illuminate our natural satellite, explains the site.
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 cases North America, New Zelandislands of Pacific Oceanthe east coast of Australiamore Japanthe eastern regions of Russia, South Koreathe east and north-east of China and the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbardreported 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 can be seen almost completely, while in South America it will be seen incompletely, as it will coincide with the sunrise and sunset of the Moon.
To find out what time it will be visible, here is the information.
Source: Clarin
