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Vienna (APA / AFP / dpa / Reuters / sda) – The longest total lunar eclipse of the century, on Friday, has left many people around the globe looking to the sky. While Australian astronomers had to set off the alarm to see the "blood moon" before sunrise, the rare natural spectacle in Europe was seen at a balmy evening. In many places, as in Vienna, however, clouds blocked the view of the moon.
From 9:30 pm to 11:15 pm, the disc of the full moon of central Europe was bathed in a reddish light. With a total duration of 103 minutes, the period of total eclipse of the moon was unusually long. As an added attraction, there was another planet, Mars, which was particularly bright and large because of its current proximity to the Earth.
In India, Hindu temples were closed Friday to ward off the negative energy emanating from the darkened celestial bodies. Totally different is Kenyan Teddy Muthusi, who watched the show in the capital Nairobi. "It's like that that's life: magical moments like this – it's just beautiful," he told many other inhabitants of the Earth. Also in social media, many have dealt with the spectacle of the sky. "I think the idea is kind of beautiful as the whole world looks at the moon together today," wrote a German Twitter user.
In Austria, the inhabitants of the southern federal states had a clear view of the moon. Steinberg Observatory near Graz showed. Throughout the country, there were many organized or spontaneous "public visits" of the lunar eclipse and the "giant Mars".
At the invitation of the Vienna Astronomy Working Group (WAA), hundreds of spectators gathered at the Cobenzl in Vienna-Döbling. To follow the natural spectacle. "For us, of course, it is the astronomical event of the year," said WAA CEO Alexander Pikhard, before starting the maximum moon eclipse of the year. 39; APA. As a result, the moon peeked out of the clouds to be completely obscured by the nearby storm until the end of the peak eclipse at 23.14 pm to the disappointment of those present.
Similar scenes played on the Schafberg In around 10 pm, dozens of people, many with backpacks and picnic baskets, populated the meadow near Ladenburghöhe. But aside from the reddish clouds, lightning and city lights, there was nothing to see. The noisy Freitagfac that did not detract from the exuberant mood among day trippers.
In Germany, many people have tried to follow the spectacle of the sky to the naked eye, binoculars or telescope at summer temperatures of up to 30 degrees. "For people who are living right now, it's a unique event," said Sven Melchert, head of the Star Friends badociation in Heppenheim. To the north, west and south of Germany, the view of the two glowing and glowing celestial bodies was quite good in many places, in Berlin and in the federal states of Germany. East, storm clouds were rising in front of the black moon. Even at the edge of the Alps, the spectacle of the sky was not everywhere to see.
Hundreds of people persecuted him on the Norderney beach on the North Sea. "Hundreds of people" also counted Stefan Krause of the Bonn Public Observatory while observing on the old customs of the Rhine bank. "It's nice and it's the weekend," he said. In addition, the lunar eclipse can be seen in an evening and not in the night hours. The moon was rusty, describes Krause
In Switzerland, observers of the moon in Lucerne were particularly lucky. The president of the local astronomical society, Marc Eichenberger, has reported a relaxed atmosphere. It sticks to everything: the event falls on a Friday night, it's hot, the view is good. On the other hand, in the capital Bern and Lausanne, the cloudy sky obscured the experience, the photographers reported.
It is only on June 9, 2123 that there will be a lunar eclipse of three minutes. At the lunar eclipse, the earth stood on a straight line between the sun and the moon – so the full moon plunged into the shadows cast by the sunlit earth in space.
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