Tomorrow night, a total lunar eclipse will take place in which the moon is obscured by the earth’s shadow, causing a ‘red moon’ phenomenon, in which the moon turns red.
It can be seen mainly in the Americas, but it is predicted that it will not be possible to see it in the daytime in Asia including Korea.
According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and foreign media, this lunar eclipse will start at 10:27 pm EST on the 15th and continue until 1:55 pm the next day.
A total lunar eclipse, in which the moon completely enters Earth’s shadow and becomes red, lasts for 85 minutes from 11:29 p.m. to 0:54 a.m. the next day.
In Central and South America and the western half of North America, the entire process can be observed from a partial lunar eclipse, and it will be possible to observe it in Africa, Western Europe, and the Middle East, NASA and foreign media reported.
“It’s really a total lunar eclipse for Americans, and it will be a special gift,” Noah Petro, director of NASA’s Planetary Geology, Geophysics and Geochemistry Laboratory, told the Associated Press. be done,” he said.
NASA plans to broadcast the process of total lunar eclipse observed from various places in real time through its website.
There is another long total lunar eclipse in November this year, which is expected to be seen mainly in Asia and not in the Americas.
[사진 출처 : 연합뉴스 / NASA 제공]