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A total eclipse of the Moon will take place at dusk this Friday, July 27th. The eclipse will be visible from Europe, Africa, South America and parts of Asia and Oceania. It will be a central eclipse, with the Moon pbading through the center of the shadow that the Earth projects into space. In addition, that day, the Moon will be at the point of its farthest orbit on Earth, the apogee, at 406,228 kilometers away. Being so far, the apparent size of the Moon is as small as possible. This small size, badociated with the fact that the eclipse is central, makes the total eclipse has a particularly long duration, 103 minutes. It will be the longest eclipse of the 21st century.
The penumbral eclipse, when our satellite enters the penumbra zone created by our planet, will begin at 19:15 (Peninsular Time), before the Moon rises. the Spanish sky. Therefore, when the Moon comes out (at 21:28 in Madrid) we will already see it eclipsed.
The phase of the entire eclipse, when Luna is completely darkened, will begin at 9:30 pm, which will mean that in the western half of the peninsula (west of the San Sebastián-Cádiz line ) and in the Canary Islands, the Moon will appear completely overshadowed, while in the eastern half it will rise partially eclipsed and it will be possible to observe the total eclipse from beginning to end. The whole will reach its maximum at 22h 21m and will finish at 23h 13m. The last contact with the penumbra will take place at 1:28 pm on the 28th, when our satellite will regain its usual luminosity in all its splendor.
(Source: El Mundo)
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