"You will have a red moon and a red planet "A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth's shadow moves on the moon, blocking sunlight
." A distinctive red glow – an effect caused by the curvature of light in the sky. Earth's atmosphere. [19659002] The period of totality during this eclipse, when the Earth's shadow is directly through the moon and that it is the most red, will last 1 hour, 42 minutes and 57 seconds
"It's a pretty long eclipse. You will be no more than three minutes from the maximum, "says Dr. Hill
When to Look at the Eclipse
The eclipse will be visible at the same time all over the world except in America
"It is visible wherever it is dark," said Dr. Hill
What you will see will depend on your time zone – and what time the sun rises at your location.
July 28 The partial eclipse begins
] Beginning of the total eclipse
Peak eclipse
End of the total eclipse
End of the eclipse partial
Adelaide
3:54
5:00
5:52
6:43 [19659021]
Brisbane
4:24 pm
5:30 am
6:22 am
] – (after the setting of the moon)
–
Canberra
4h24
5: 30am
6:22 am
– (after the setting of the moon)
–
Darwin
3h54 [19659018] 5:00
5:52
6:43 am [19659021] –
Hobart
4:24 am
5:30 am
6:22 am
7:13 am
–
Melbourne [19659018] 4h24
5h30
6:22 am
7h13
–
Perth
2:24 am [19659021] 3:30
4:22 am
5:13 am am
6:19 am
Sydney
4h24
5:30
6:22 am
– (after the moon)
–
What will it look like where you live
If you live in the eastern states, you will see the moon eclipsed in the west before it disappears. The twilight of dawn.
"It will be a very nice effect, to see this moon at hand totally overshadowed and beautiful and red in the western sky while we get up in the morning," said Dr. Hill. The number of total eclipses you will see will depend on how far north you are going.
"The moon goes down early when you move north," she explains
. ACT or Queensland will miss you the last minutes of the total eclipse (Technically, this is not the longest moon totally overshadowed that you will actually see this century.)
If you live in Western Australia, you will not only see the total eclipse, you will also see the moon come out of the Earth. eclipse before she slips under the horizon.
During the whole, the moon will set on a dark sky and appear redder than in the twilight before dawn in the eastern states.
The moon always looks bigger when it's just above the horizon
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Whether you're east or west , the Moon will be larger than usual lies on the horizon thanks to an optical illusion.
"It's our brains that make us believe that the moon has become bigger," says Dr. Hill.
And while telescopes and binoculars will give you a close-up view of the shadow and craters, "
" Every lunar eclipse is a pretty amazing phenomenon, so go take a quick look at it. eye, "says Dr. Hill
Hello Mars!
Eclipses occur during the full moon. phase, when the moon is directly in front of the sun.
March will also be in opposition at the end of this month.
"That means the two objects are in front of the sun in the sky, that's why they are both getting up when the sun goes down and lying down when the sun comes up," says Dr. Hill
When Mars is in opposition, it is also closest to Earth, so it will be super bright – favorable oppositions since 2003, "Dr. Hill said.
Mars will be just above e and left of the Moon during the eclipse.
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Mars will be just above and the left of the moon during the eclipse
Together, the red planet and the moon will make a show across the sky with each other.
"The wonderful thing is [Mars is] to the left of the moon, says Dr. Hill.
" They will look pretty amazing [together] because the moon being so close, it's going a bit Darken Mars, but when the Moon eclipses and goes into the shadows, you will really see Mars shine. "
Why is this eclipse so long?"
This total lunar eclipse will be the longest of the 21st century – even if you can not see everything, there will be nothing for more than 100 years
The length of an eclipse depends on where the moon pbades through the shadow of the Earth.
"It could just plunge into the shade, while this time, it crosses the center of the Earth's shadow, "says Dr. Hill.
But there are other factors that make this eclipse longer." The Moon is also at a point in its orbit that we call the apogee, which is the farthest from the Earth, "says Dr. Hill.
This means that the moon is the smallest and moves more slowly into its orbit Phenomenon known as the Kepler effect
The eclipse also occurs near the Earth farthest from the sun – a point in our orbit known as the e name of aphelion, which occurs in the winter of the southern hemisphere. This affects the width of the Earth's shadow.
"The shadow increases, even if the width of the total shadow decreases," says Dr. Hill
when the Moon is the farthest from the Sun.
The shadow of the shadow is larger when the moon is farthest away from the sun.
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Thus, a larger shadow and a smaller, slower moon make a longer eclipse
Although this eclipse is long, it can be longer – up to 1 hour and 47 minutes.
The longest eclipse of the 20th century fell on July 16, 2000. It lasted 1 hour, 46 minutes and 24 seconds and also occurred when the moon was at its smallest and the earth was near l & # 39; aphelion.
The next eclipse that will last as long will take place on June 9, 2123, but it will not be visible from Australia.
It was not until June 19, 2141.
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