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The longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century has soiled our red satellite today, while Mars, almost at its closest point to the Earth, has shone with all its splendor, ravishing half of the world, Although the clouds in the European sky eclipsed the festival
The double show could be observed at the naked eye, without the need for protection as it happens with eclipses of the Sun, with the exception clouds.
"The only thing they have to do is .. let," encouraged the fans of the Royal Astronomical Society of London.
The complete phenomenon began at 17:04 GMT and ended at 21:28 GMT on Friday.
The most interesting moment of the eclipse, when the Moon is completely in the shadow cone projected by the Earth, began at 19:30 GMT and continued until the 21H13 GMT
The eclipse, which corresponds to the moment that the Moon submerges in the shadow of the Earth, could be seen totally or partially in half of the world: Africa, the world, and the world. Europe, Asia and Australia. But it is in Eastern and Southern Africa that the show was best appreciated
Activities were organized in all the countries concerned to observe the phenomenon.
Near Lake Magadi, 100 km southwest of Nairobi, a couple, Susan Muraban and Chu Owen, set up their own telescope so neighbors could watch the show.
"We have already done it at the solar eclipse of 2016," said 39-year-old Susan Murabana. On this occasion, some 300 members of the local community, mainly Masai, came.
Magadi Lake is located in an isolated area, far from the light pollution of cities
"Until today, I thought that Mars, Jupiter and the other planets were the only one. invention of scientists, "he said. AFP Purity Sailepo, 16 years old.
In Germany, planetariums, badociations of amateur astronomers and also professionals invite the curious to observe the phenomenon.
"It's a unique phenomenon," said Sven Melchert, director of the Heppenheim Friends of Stars Association in East Germany, quoted by the DPA agency.
At the same time, in Tunisia, more than 2,000 people gathered in the Capital City of Science to admire the eclipse, many of them children, who were waiting to watch the moon through telescopes.
The phenomenon was less dramatic in Dorset County, in southwestern England, where it was marked by heavy clouds, as was the case in much of Europe. .
"It's disappointing," said 67-year-old Tish Adams in West Bay.
Visible on the east coast of Latin America
In Latin America, the eclipse was visible at dusk twilight Friday on the east coast of the continent, in Brazil, in Uruguay and Argentina, although the austral winter complicated the observation.
In Madrid, the city council proposed to the inhabitants to enjoy the spectacle near a lake in the large Pradolongo Park, south of the city, an event hosted by the Spanish electronic music artist Pional . ] The island of Reunion, a French territory in the Indian Ocean, located in the southern hemisphere, emerged as one of the best places to see the phenomenon. But locals did not rush the streets to admire the stars, perhaps because of the cold of the southern winter added to the nebulosity.
"Well, after all, it's not so extraordinary either," said a young man more concerned about the line to enter a nightclub than on the moon's gaze.
March, the other protagonist
For an eclipse of the Moon to take place, an almost perfect alignment between the Sun, the Earth and the Moon is needed. So, when our planet is between the star and the satellite, it casts its shadow on the moon that darkens it.
The full moon gradually enters the darkness and then in the dark to be completely dark before gradually leaving this area
This phase, called the "whole" phase, lasted nearly three years. an hour and three hours. rooms (103 minutes), which is the longest eclipse of the 21st century.
Deprived of the sun's rays, the moon darkens and takes on a brick-colored tint: the earth's atmosphere deflects the red rays of light coming from the sun into the interior of the cone. Shadow, which is reflected in the surface of our natural satellite.
The other protagonist of the night was the planet Mars, located 57.6 million kilometers from Earth We will have to wait until 2035 to see the "red planet" so close to us.
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