How to See the Total Lunar Eclipse and Blood Moon on September 7

In the evening September will be held in September, the total lunar eclipse of the second (and final) year – most parts of the world will show the attractive view of a red “Blood Moon” in the sky.

The total lunar eclipse occurs when the earth is located in the full moon and the sun, the moon falls into the shade of our planet. However, instead of disappearing in the dark, the shadowy moon turns red instead. This is because of an incident called Royleh Scattering.

Visible sunlight, although it appears white, actually the lights of different colors that have different wavelengths and these Interact separately With the time passing through the earth’s atmosphere. During a lunar eclipse, the short wavelength of the visible light, the blue edge of the visible spectrum spreads outwardly away from the shaded region of the earth. However, the red part of the spectrum has a long wavelength instead of them bend in the interior and is thrown into the shaded region and on the surface of the moon.

The first lunar eclipse of this year, Back in the month of MarchThe best visible from the United States in the United States, but unfortunately if you are in America, you are going to miss the Blood Moon this time. The Overallness The eclipse of this September – when the moon is in the shade of the earth and it appears a deep red – will be visible across Asia, Central and East Africa and Australia. This map From timmeanddate.com shows where the total eclipse is seen on the planet.

The overall episode will begin on September 77:30 17:30, the maximum eclipse moment is about 40 minutes later, 18:11 on UTC, and the overall then ends the additional 40 minutes. Before and after the overall, the moon will be partially accepted, first more and then less shaded. Timmeanddate.com As well as a City Lukeup Tool, you can enter your location to find the time you take for wherever you are.

If you are not in a viewing area still want to see live still the Virtual Telescope project – assumption and integrated by Italian Astrophigicist Jianluka Aunt – EC YouTubeThe

This total lunar eclipse will happen just three days before the moon reaches Perigi, it is at the closest point on earth, which means it will appear a bit larger than the average during the event.

September September, the next total lunar eclipse will not happen early March 2026 – but fortunately it will be in their behalf in the US Visible In North America, Australia and East Asia.

This story was originally attended Wired Italia And translated from Italian.