Next week-end, the moon will be completely black!

The moon was new a week ago, that is, it was not visible because it was between us and the sun, so the sunlight does not shine on the surface of the moon facing us. It was new, we only saw a thin sieve on the right side of the moon, but it has now grown to cover half of the moon and will continue to grow until it is full on July 27 and become more obscured.

This is the science fiction writer and science mediator Anne Mette Sannes and the astrophysicist Knut Jørgen Røed Ødegaard who reports to Telemarksavisa what we have to expect.

Record Eclipse

That day, the moon wants to enter the shadow of the earth

When you see the moon rise above the horizon a little before noon. 22 Friday, July 27, it will already be obscured, and the majority of the eclipse will last a record time of one hour and 43 minutes.

ENTUSIASTER: Anne Mette Sannes and Knut Jørgen Røed Ødegaard say that it's nice to watch the night sky in a snowy summer night. Photo: Private

More Things Up There

– On Friday night, Jupiter will be seen to the left of the moon and form a big catchy synchro. To the south, the planet ring Saturn becomes visible, though slightly less brilliant than Jupiter and Venus. Around midnight, Mars also appears in the south-southeast, to the left of Saturn, they write in a press release.

– Mars is currently raising a global dust storm that makes Mars's distinctly yellowish color. At the end of the month, Mars will be closer to Earth than in 15 years, making it a spectacular show in the southern hemisphere with the full moon darkened. July 23, writes Røed Ødegaard

Terrestrial Eclipse

– On August 11, the Moon is located between us and the Sun and we are experiencing a solar eclipse in the morning. If you were on the moon this morning you would have seen some of the earth darken – that is, a "ground eclipse".

Clouds and Weather Questions

– The summer nights are also the moment of bright nocturnal clouds! The phenomenon can be observed only in areas between 45 and 80 degrees north, at dusk and only in summer. The clouds are located in a thin bed about 82 kilometers above the ground, near the outer edge of the atmosphere. According to experts, the most common clouds are comparable to less than 12 kilometers.

And if that is not enough, 11-12. August is the most beautiful meteor power of the year, Pleiadene, with up to 100-120 shots per hour.