The second eclipse of the 2022 season is near: a total lunar eclipse It will cover the sky between the night of May 15th and the dawn of the 16th.
According to experts, in South America and Spain, we will not be able to enjoy a total lunar eclipse like this again until March 2025.
And there is another surprising fact: this time the Moon will be colored red, which will transform it into a “Blood Moon”. Also, we’ll see naked eyeswithout the need for mirrors or special instruments.
During the eclipse, the Moon will have an amazing red color. Photo: EFE
Lunar eclipse: what is lunar eclipse?
Ang Moon rotates our planet about once every 29 days, and as it rotates around the Earth, its position relative to the Sun causes stage of change.
The lunar eclipse is a astronomical phenomenon What happens when the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon and forms a shadow cone covering our natural satellite.
Ang lunar eclipses can only happen when Full moon. And this happens when the Moon passes only through a shadow part of our planet.
The Moon can also look reddish because the Earth’s atmosphere absorbs other colors while some sunlight is bent over it. In this case, it would be a total lunar eclipse.
Lunar eclipse: where and what time a lunar eclipse can be seen
Although solar eclipses can only be seen from a relatively small area of our planet, Lunar eclipses can be seen from anywhere on Earth where it is night.
In its case lunar eclipse, timely This explains that it is found in a vast region covering all of South and Central America, most of North America, South/Western Europe, South/West Asia, Africa, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans. in Antarctica.
Sa Argentina and Uruguay, the lunar eclipse it will take 5 hours and 18 minutes, the site featured. The penumbra will start at 22:32 (local time) on May 15, in this first stage you will only see a few changes in brightness as the lunar disk will be more blurred.
At 23:27 the partial eclipse will begin and our satellite will gradually darken as it turns red. At 0:29 on May 16, the total eclipse will begin and the Moon will appear in red. The maximum magnitude will be 1:11while the end of the eclipse will be recorded at around 3:50.
Detailed map of the area where the lunar eclipse of May 2022. Photo: NASA
In Chile and Bolivia, due to time zone differences, everyone will be given an hour before. And in Peru and Colombia, for the same reason, it will be two hours earlier.
In Spain, it will run 3 hours and 29 minutes. The penumbra will begin at 3:32 (local time) on May 16, at 4:27 the partial eclipse will begin and at 5:29, the total eclipse. The maximum of the Blood Moon eclipse will be at 6:11.
In New York, the lunar eclipse will start at 9:32 pm and the total will be given at 2:50 am on Monday.
Those in Mexico City, the process will begin at 20:32 (local time) and at 1:50 the peak of lunar eclipse total.
Source: Clarin
