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The blood moon will be eclipsed Friday night, leaving sky lovers spelled out. The event will not repeat until September 2025!
Sky enthusiasts are excited for this eclipse as the upcoming event will last about four hours, the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century.
Earlier this year, January 31, the country witnessed a lunar eclipse known as Super Blue Blood Moon. This lunar eclipse will be dark.
The next total lunar eclipse to be seen in the country will only occur on September 7, 2025, said N Sri Raghunandan Kumar of the Planetary Society, India.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth, during its orbit around the Sun, is placed between the Moon and the Sun so that the Moon is hidden in the shadow projected by the Earth. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth and Moon are aligned in a straight line. So the lunar eclipse occurs only when there is a full moon.
The total lunar eclipse will be visible from all over the country. Worldwide, this eclipse will be visible from Antarctica, Australia, Russia, with the exception of the most northerly regions, Asia, Asia and the Caribbean. 39, Africa, Scandinavia, Europe and South America.
The initial phase of the eclipse, known as the Penumbral phase, will begin around 22:44.
In the nation's capital, the total lunar eclipse will begin around 1 am on July 28 and end at 2:43 am.
Eclipse in various phases starts at 22:45 on 27 July 2018 and ends at 04:59 on 28 July 2018. The Umbral phase begins at 23:54 and ends at 3:49. While from 1.00 AM to 2.43 AM the whole phase (Moon completely hidden in Umbra / Earth Darker Shadow) occurs.
What will also contribute to the extraordinarily long event is the position of the moon near its apogee, or the farthest point of the Earth in its orbit. "It will be the smallest full moon of the year.This smaller and slower full moon will take longer to cross the Earth 's shadow than a full moon that is closer to Earth. and that is moving faster into orbit.This is why a full moon at or near a climax adds to the duration of a total lunar eclipse, "explained the director of MP Birla Planetarium ( research and academic) Debiprosad Duari. The distance between the Moon and the Earth will be about 4,06,223 km that night.
However, astronomers are wary that the rains can hinder the charming view.
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