Waiting on July 27 for the longest total eclipse of the century

July 27 is a date to be marked on the calendar: indeed, the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century will occur. The astronomical event will take place, precisely, in the night of 27 to 28 July 2018 and will last one hour and 43 minutes and will be visible from Italy, to follow the details in order to witness this incredible and rare astronomical event

The total eclipse of the Moon of July 27: curiosities

Not only thunderstorms and heat waves [VIDEO] the month of July will be characterized by a lunar eclipse of 39, an exceptional duration. To take a measurement, the lunar eclipse of January 31 lasted an hour and six minutes, while the longest eclipse of the last century lasted a little longer: one hour and 47 minutes.

The whole phenomenon, from the moment the moon enters the Earth's cone and until it comes out, will last three hours and 55 minutes. minutes. The expected eclipse at the end of the month will be particularly long as our satellite will pbad to the center of the Earth's shadow, whereas last January it crossed the lower part of the same cone of the Earth. Shadow

How and when to observe the eclipse

In our country, the eclipse can be observed from 19:14 on 27 July until 1:28 the next day. The phenomenon [VIDEO] will be visible in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. In South America, only the final stages can be observed, as of July 27 after sunset, while North America, much of the Arctic and the Pacific Ocean will be excluded from the phenomenon.

it will be at 19.14.49. At 20:24 the Italian time will begin the most intense part of the phenomenon and we will see a partial obscuration of our satellite. The total eclipse will begin at 9:30 pm while the peak of darkness will occur at 10:22 pm. The total eclipse will end at 23:13 when the Moon will begin to leave the shadowed area of ​​the Earth to be completely out at 00:19; the shadow of the partial eclipse will end at 1:28.

Lunar eclipse and phenomenon of "blood moon"

When, during an eclipse, our satellite pbades through the shadow projected by the Earth, it takes a color that goes from red to orange, according to the dust present in the atmosphere. This happens because during the eclipse the sun's rays hit the atmosphere and this absorbs the sun's light, radiating it outward: the atmosphere filters and stops the light blue by pbading that between red and orange, so only this spectrum of colors can reach the lunar surface to reflect on the Earth. This phenomenon takes the name "poetic" of "moon of blood" or "moon of blood".