At night, the inhabitants of the Earth will see three astronomical phenomena

31 January 2018, 00:44 | The Company
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The last time this happened was on December 30, 1982 for the Eastern Hemisphere and March 31, 1866 for the Western Hemisphere. According to USAtoday and AccuWeather, only the inhabitants of the central and western parts of North America will be able to see a total lunar eclipse.

"Blue Bloody Super Moon" will begin at dawn on January 31. Thus, during a total eclipse, the moon will be in the shadow of the Earth.

"Blue Moon" is the second full moon, occurring for one calendar month. And the super moon is the moment of the closest approach of the Moon and Earth.

However, on January 31, residents of Central and East Asia, Indonesia, New Zealand and almost all of Australia will be able to observe a unique phenomenon - the lunar eclipse. This will be a total eclipse of the moon.

On this day it will be the first total eclipse in almost 152 years. The next time that you can observe this phenomenon is December 31, 2028, and after that - January 31, 2037. Both these eclipses will be complete.

At the same time on December 31, 2009 there was a partial eclipse. The duration of the total phase of the eclipse will be 77 minutes. This will be a total eclipse, which includes the second full moon of the month, popularly called the Blue Moon.

The eclipse will take place in the middle of the night, and at this time the Pacific Ocean will be turned towards the moon.

Central and East Asia, Indonesia, New Zealand and most of Australia will get an excellent overview of this lunar show in the evening sky. Moving farther west to West Asia, to the Indian subcontinent, to the Middle East and to Eastern Europe, the eclipse will already continue when the moon rises. Alaska, Hawaii and northwestern Canada will see an eclipse from beginning to end.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, on Monday, August 21, "a great solar eclipse" observed by residents of 14 US states. For the first time in 99 years the sun was completely covered by the Moon.




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