Today, the inhabitants of the American continent will experience the longest partial lunar eclipse since 1440. This was reported by the American space agency NASA. The phenomenon will last three and a half hours and it will also be possible to see it from parts of Asia, Australia and Polynesia. Another similarly long partial lunar eclipse occurs on February 8, 2669.
The partial eclipse begins at 08:19 CET, when the Moon begins to enter the shadow of the Earth. The phenomenon will culminate at 10:03 CET, when 99 percent of the full moon will be immersed in the shadows. The moon breaks out of the shadows at 11:47 CET. Compared to 1440, this year’s partial eclipse will be 23 seconds shorter.
A lunar eclipse 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. 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.
But people won’t have to wait another six centuries for another similar lunar eclipse. Its total eclipse will occur on November 22 next year and will last three hours and 40 minutes.
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