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Friday Show Germany expects the longest lunar eclipse of this century
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The moon will be lit in red copper
Source: dpa / Frank Rumpenhorst [19659010WhentheearthisinastraightlinebetweenthesunandthemoonandplungesthefullmoonintoitsshadowsalunareclipseappearsOnFridaythiseventwillbeparticularlylonginGermany
A On Friday, sky observers in the summer night sky can witness the longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century. The full moon will then plunge into the shadow of the earth for nearly two hours before midnight and become coppery red. The show is accompanied by the currently extremely brilliant Mars.
The rare lunar eclipse will take a total of 103 minutes, according to the German Aerospace Center (DLR). It will not be until June 9, 2123, that there will be a lunar eclipse of three minutes. And it's only on the eve of the New Year 2028 that a lunar eclipse will be observed in its complete course in Central Europe – as it is the case now. [196] Eclipses are the result of the celestial play of the sun, the moon, and the earth. In a lunar eclipse, the earth is in a straight line between the sun and the moon – so the full moon plunges into the shadows that the sun-lit earth throws into space.
Best view of the south and east
According to the DLR, the full moon for observers from central Germany rises around 9 pm in the southeast sky – even before the sinking of the sun which descends eight minutes later on the other side of the sky
Latitude and ten degrees of longitude east – this is a point about 20 kilometers west of Schweinfurt. The more the observer is in the east, the earlier the moon rises
The phases of the lunar eclipse
Source: dpa / Sven Hoppe
The total eclipse of the full moon disc then begins in the center of the country at 9.30 pm and ends at 23.13 clock. In a total lunar eclipse, the moon is not completely black, but it shines coppery to orange-red. This phenomenon is caused by the refraction of the sun in the earth 's atmosphere, where the reddish residual light is transmitted in the shadow of the heart.
According to the DLR, the most favorable observing conditions are as follows: at least 16 degrees above the horizon until the end of the total eclipse, at the east, because it rises earlier and the darkness is more complete
Crucial are the dragon points
At the end of the Erdtrabant lunar eclipse in the Bavarian Oberstdorf 16 degrees and on Sylt ten degrees above the horizon. In any case, according to the experts, it is essential to look for a point of view with an unobstructed view to the southeast.
A lunar eclipse does not always occur at the full moon is due to the slight inclination of the lunar orbit against the ecliptic. – of. Because of this tilt of about five degrees, the moon moves on its orbit around the earth, usually above or below the earth's shadow.
