|
Credit & Copyright:
Vic Winter, ICSTARS
Explanation:
Tonight brings the last total lunar eclipse
visible from North America until the year 2000 - with the Moon
becoming completely immersed in Earth's shadow. The above time-lapse photograph
shows a lunar eclipse that occurred in April 1993.
Tonight's eclipse
will begin at 8:12 pm Eastern Daylight Time, with totality extending
from 10:19 pm to 11:29 pm. In North and South America, the Moon
will be just rising at the beginning of the eclipse. In West
Europe and Africa, tonight's
lunar eclipse
will be visible before the dawn of September 27th.
The Moon is not expected to become
completely dark - usually it has a slight red glow caused by
sunlight refracted through the Earth's dusty atmosphere
- but every
lunar eclipse is slightly different.
This year's eclipse
will be enhanced by the proximity of bright
Saturn
just 3 degrees away. Vic Winter, ICSTARS
|
January February March April May June July August September October November December |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: eclipse - lunar eclipse
Publications with words: eclipse - lunar eclipse
See also:
- APOD: 2026 August 9 Á Contemplating the Sun
- APOD: 2025 November 3 Á A Double Helix Lunar Eclipse
- APOD: 2025 September 11 Á The Umbra of Earth
- APOD: 2025 March 25 Á A Blue Banded Blood Moon
- Eclipse Pair
- APOD: 2024 March 24 Á Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth
- APOD: 2023 October 29 Á A Partial Lunar Eclipse