Moon of blood: On which country was the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century?

The show lasted 1 hour, 42 minutes and 57 seconds. The next lunar eclipse of such duration will be seen in 2123.

The longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century, which was recorded on Friday, July 27, has colored our red satellite, turning it into a Blood Moon . The show lasted 1 hour, 42 minutes and 57 seconds. According to NASA, we will not have a lunar eclipse of such duration before the year 2123.

Blood Moon

An eclipse occurs when a planet or moon moves away from the sun and, during a lunar eclipse, the Earth prevents sunlight from reaching the satellite, which makes the full moon completely disappear at night, as the shadow of the Earth covers it, explained NASA on its website.

The reddish hue of the moon, a phenomenon popularly known as the Blood Moon, is a consequence of the behavior of the Earth's atmosphere in the face of the sun's rays. This layer of the Earth, which acts like a lens, diverts all the components of the Sun's light, except for the reddish light that undergoes "a minor detour" and stains the face of the Moon.

South America

The most favorable place in America to see the eclipse at first glance was the coast of South America on the Atlantic.

In Brazil, many people ran en mbade to the main beaches of the country to observe the lunar eclipse

On the Brazilian coast, it was not possible to see the moment when the # The Earth's shadow began to cover its satellite around 19:30 GMT (14:30, Peru), but the full moon was already overshadowed and the entire phase in which the shadow was disappearing from the bottom up, to let the star completely full and still bright.

From Brazil, it was also possible to observe Jupiter, Saturn and Venus without the aid of telescopes, although such planets could only

In Argentina, the clouds Prevented the lunar eclipse from being seen in most of the country.

The so-called Luna de Sangre appeared in the coastal city of Necochea (Buenos Aires), the chance that they did not have in the capital, whose planetary canceled the event that & # 39; He had programmed for the Porteños to enjoy the eclipse.

"Basically, it seemed good in the Miramar and Necochea region, because the nebulosity allows it.The rest of the central area of ​​the country has a lot of clouds," Efe told one of the forecasters of the National Meteorological Service of Argentina, Christian Garavaglia,

The lunar eclipse was better appreciated in West and South West Africa. , who had the opportunity to witness the entire phenomenon and from where, according to meteorological services, the best images were made.