![]() moving through the very edge of the shadow," Dr Jacob said.Īnd the Moon will spend less time in the shadow because it's travelling slightly faster than average. "We're expecting it will rise from the area above the Opera House, so we'll see if we can get some shots of that," he said. įrom his vantage point at Sydney Observatory, Dr Jacob will get an iconic view of the Moon changing colour high up in the easterly night sky, from 7.44pm Sydney time. What will the eclipse look like?Īstronomer Andrew Jacob said the lunar eclipse should look beautiful, no matter if you are in the east or the west of the country. This can be seen in a partial eclipse, when some part of the Moon has moved into the shadow, but it is more prominent during a total eclipse, when all of the Moon has moved into the umbra. When the Moon moves through the deepest part of the Earth's shadow (the umbra), it takes on a distinctive red glow - an effect caused by the bending of light in Earth's atmosphere. Just what the eclipse looks like and how long it lasts depends on which part of the shadow the Moon glides through and how fast the Moon is moving. It doesn't happen every full moon - only when the Moon's orbit is aligned so it passes through some part of Earth's shadow.ĭuring a lunar eclipse, Earth's shadow passes across the Moon. It occurs when the Moon is directly opposite the Sun – aka full Moon. Partial eclipse ends: 8:52pm What's a lunar eclipse? The eclipse will be visible from Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific, South-East Asia and parts of North and South America at the same time.īut not all of those locations will see the whole eclipse, and some parts of the world won't see it at all. ![]() The best time to see the lunar eclipse will be 9:18pm AEST, when the eclipse is at its peak. It will begin at 7:44pm AEST and end at 10:52pm AEST. The eclipse happens at exactly the same moment wherever you live. What's the best time to see the lunar eclipse tonight? The heavens are lining up in the first total lunar eclipse to be seen across Australia since July 2018.Īnd this lunar eclipse also just happens to occur shortly after the Moon is closest to Earth (perigee), so that makes it a blood red "supermoon" (or a perigee-syzygy eclipse, if you want to use the astronomical term).Īll Australians will have the chance to see the most spectacular parts of the eclipse. SEE MORE: Check out the best pictures of last night's lunar eclipse In fact, there won’t be another full Moon considered average until October 28, 2023’s “Hunter’s Moon.There's a big red moon on the rise right across Australia, so grab your cameras and head outside if the weather is clear. ![]() Next month’s full Moon, the “Buck Moon,” will be the year’s first of four supermoons. It’s the final non-supermoon until October It’s 554.5 light-years from the solar system. Look just below the full Moon as it rises and you’ll see the red supergiant star Antares, the brightest star in the summer constellation of Scorpius. While short wavelength colors, such as blue and green, strike particles in the atmosphere and are scattered, colors with longer wavelengths, such as yellow, orange and red, pass through the atmosphere uninhibited-and more easily reach your eyes. Why is it orange? When you look at a sunset, a sunrise, a moonrise or moonset, you're looking at something close to the horizon, where the atmosphere is thickest close to the planet. As the Sun sets and the sky begins to darken, an orange full Moon will come into view on the opposite horizon, eventually casting a warm glow over the landscape.
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