The eclipse partially “started” on Friday at 8:19 CET, when the Moon began to enter the Earth’s shadow. The phenomenon peaked at 10:03 CET, when 97.8 percent of the full moon was immersed in the shadows. The moon broke out of the shadows at 11:47 CET.
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Compared to 1440, this year’s partial eclipse was 23 seconds shorter.
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In the video above, we can see how this partial eclipse, the so-called bloody full moon, could be enjoyed, for example, in the US capital Washington. Below we can enjoy footage from the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East. Both videos were provided by Reuters.
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NO COMMENT: Abnormally long partial eclipses and bloody moons observed from the Far East
Video: Reuters
Almost nowhere in Europe, let alone in the Czech Republic
The popularizer of astronomy Petr Horálek from the Institute of Physics of the Silesian University in Opava reminded before the current event on the website of the Czech-Slovak Astronomical Press Agency that almost no part of the phenomenon will be seen anywhere in Europe, at most partially low over the northern horizon in Scandinavia and Iceland. in Britain and Scotland.
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It is also not true that this is the longest lunar eclipse of this century, according to some sources. Only its partial phase lasted the longest – so this eclipse had no other phase, it was without that complete phase, only deep partial.
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An illustration of the lunar eclipse on November 19, 2021
Photo: Larry Koehn
“The eclipse of 18/19 was visible. November, only where the Moon was above the horizon at the time of the phenomenon – that is, where it was night. We had a day at the time of the event, and the phenomenon was already deep below the horizon. On Friday, in clear weather, only a normal full moon can be enjoyed from the Czech Republic, ”the astronomer remarked.
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Another very long, only lunar eclipse will occur in more than six centuries, but people will not have to wait that long for another similarly long lunar eclipse.
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Eclipse from the Czech Republic in the following years
The next lunar eclipse as such will occur on May 16 next year and will be complete. From the Czech Republic we will see its partial phase early in the morning at sunset. It will take a total of three hours and 27 minutes.
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“Of that, an hour and 25 minutes will be complete – unfortunately it will be below our horizon,” Horálek added for Novinky.
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It will take place a little longer on November 8, 2022, and will be even longer than the current one. This will take three hours and 40 minutes from November next year, with a total eclipse of one hour and 25 minutes. However, he will not be able to observe him from the Czech Republic.
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We will see the next total lunar eclipse in the Czech Republic in less than four years: on September 7, 2025, in the late evening. The total “contact” of the Moon with the full earth shadow will be three hours and 29 minutes, of which one hour and 22 minutes of total eclipse.
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Total lunar eclipse September 7, 2025 – simulation image
Photo: Petr Horálek / Stellarium
A lunar eclipse generally occurs as it passes through the Earth’s shadow. At that moment, only the red part of the sunlight spectrum falls on the Moon, because the air molecules scatter the blue color in the atmosphere. The part of the lunar disk submerged in the earth’s shadow thus captures the orange, brick red, red, or even brown color.
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In addition to the position of the Moon, the darkness of the coloration also affects air pollution, especially after strong meteor swarms and volcanic eruptions, the Moon can be very dark. Lunar eclipses can be observed, unlike the Sun phenomenon of the same name, without eye protection.
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