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An astronmic event of the extra class is expected on July 27th. The moon is darkening and Mars is playing too. However, our moon is nothing special, she has 184 brothers and sisters in the solar system alone
The glowing moon during a total lunar eclipse.
(pi) The total lunar eclipse in the evening of July 27 is the astronomical event of this year, if the weather is fine. The full moon will plunge into the cone of the earth's shadow early in the weekend on a Friday night. When the moon rises at 9:30 pm on the mathematical horizon, the total phase begins, so it is completely obscured.
Looking up and to the southeast
It should be noted that it is still pretty bright right now and so it can be hard to discover the moon at all. In addition, the moon is very deep so it is advisable to visit a higher observation site with the clearest possible view to the southeast horizon. If the mountains obstruct the view, it will take some time until the moon can be seen.
From the middle of the dark at 22:21, the spectacular celestial event will be perfectly visible due to increasing darkness. At 23.13 hours, the total phase ends and the usual moonlight slowly increases to the left, east side of the moon and releases the moon, until at 0:19, the moon comes out completely from the shadow of Earth.
With a duration of one hour and
43 minutes, it is the longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century.
When the moon has gained height, a bright, reddish and bright luminous dot will be visible to the right under the moon: this is the planet Mars, which opposes the sun that night and the land is under 60 million kilometers. "Opposition" (of the Latin opponent) means "confrontation". That evening, Mars faces the sun in the sky, which means that it gets up when the sun goes down and down when the sun rises again.
During the total phase of the lunar eclipse, Mars shines more than the moon. Looking through binoculars or a telescope, the Mars disk looks unusually large.
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