Tomorrow night, you will be able to see a spectacular view of the moon turning red in the Americas.
It is a phenomenon that occurs during a total lunar eclipse, when the moon is obscured by the earth’s shadow and does not receive sunlight.
According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and foreign media, this lunar eclipse starts at 10:27 pm EST on the 15th and continues until 1:55 pm the next day. A total lunar eclipse, in which the moon completely enters Earth’s shadow zone and becomes red, lasts for 85 minutes from 11:29 p.m. to 0:54 p.m.
It is regarded as one of the longest total lunar eclipses in the past decade, and astronomy observers in the Americas regard it as a festival.
The entire process from a partial lunar eclipse can be observed in Central and South America and the western half of North America, and it can also be observed in Africa, Western Europe, and the Middle East.
A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves behind the Earth when viewed from the Sun and completely obscures the Earth’s shadow.
As the sun-earth-moon is placed in a straight line, it appears dark because it does not receive direct sunlight, but blue light with a shorter wavelength among the sun’s light is scattered and red light with a longer wavelength is transmitted to the moon through the Earth’s atmosphere, giving it a red color. In English, it is called ‘red moon’ or ‘blood moon’.
There is another long total lunar eclipse in November of this year, which is expected to be seen in Asia as well. At that time, contrary to this time, it cannot be seen in the Americas.
NASA plans to broadcast the process of total lunar eclipse observed in various places in real time through its website.
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