Tonight in Lithuania is the longest eclipse of the moon: it revealed the exact time

Tonight, just before midnight in the sky, there will be a real cosmic show. The longest eclipse of the moon in the 21st century, which we will be able to observe for nearly 2 hours, we, the inhabitants of Lithuania.

"A particularly long time will be determined by two things.The first of them – the moon will be at the farthest end of the earth." Indicates that the orbit is moving slowly. The second thing will be the fact that the moon will pbad to the center of the shadow of the Earth, "says astronomer Vidas Dobrovolskas.

At the same time, the earth will pbad and with Mars, he will be able to see the red planet with the naked eye. In Lithuania, a full moon eclipse will occur from midnight to several minutes after midnight.

Although this astronomical phenomenon is not so rare – it is repeated once a year or two, this year's celestial dance will be the longest in the 21st century. It lasts one hour, 43 minutes, when, say, in the tetrapod of the 2016 eclipse for four minutes.

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