Lunar eclipses and supermoons on their own are not rare events.
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The total eclipse will last for one hour and 12 minutes. The earth’s shadow darkens the moon slightly, before the phenomenon of Rayleigh Scattering (the same effect that makes sunsets appear orange and the sky blue) makes the moon appear blood red.
A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth passes between the Sunday.
Although a supermoon isn’t technically larger than a normal moon, it appears about 14% larger and 30% brighter than usual, NASA says.
The early forecast calls for partially cloudy skies in the Yakima area Sunday evening, but Allen said it’s still worth watching for the eclipse. The sunlight will be refracted around the edges of Earth, and all colors but red are filtered out. This so-called “supermoon” eclipse will be the first one since 1982, and the last until 2033.
That’s because this lunar eclipse coincides with another astronomical event: a supermoon.
How much of it will I see?
The eclipse will be in full view for the people of North and South America, and in partial view for parts of Europe, Africa, West Asia, and the eastern Pacific.
A rare event is set to delight moon-watchers in Huddersfield.
“When the moon is farthest away, it’s known as apogee, and when it’s closest, it’s known as perigee“, he said in a statement.
We don’t get eclipses every time a full moon occurs because the moon’s orbit around the Earth does not lie exactly in the ecliptic, the plane in which the Earth orbits the Sunday. Scientists explained that the moon doesn’t physically grow in size.
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“The nice thing about it is if you can see the moon, you can see the eclipse”.
