Total lunar eclipse occurs in July 2018
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On Friday–Saturday —depending on observer's timezone— a total lunar eclipse occurred as the Moon was in the shadow of the Earth. As normal during such an eclipse, the Moon became faint and turned completely red as bluer light was scattered by the Earth's atmosphere. Totality of 1 hour and 43 minutes was the longest in the 21st century. People were able to observe the eclipse from Australia, Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America. A volunteer named José Jiménez uploaded a photo of the incident today from Alt Empordà in Girona, Catalonia, Spa
On Friday–Saturday —depending on observer's timezone— a total lunar eclipse occurred as the Moon was in the shadow of the Earth. As normal during such an eclipse, the Moon became faint and turned completely red as bluer light was scattered by the Earth's atmosphere. Totality of 1 hour and 43 minutes was the longest in the 21st century.
People were able to observe the eclipse from Australia, Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America. A volunteer named José Jiménez uploaded a photo of the incident today from Alt Empordà in Girona, Catalonia, Spain, featuring the Moon, Mars, and the milky way on the same photo.
German astronaut Alexander Gerst took photos of the Moon from the International Space Station and uploaded them to Flickr on the same day.
According to timeanddate.com, the timeline of the eclipse was as follows.
EventTime (UTC)July 27Start penumbral eclipse17:14:47Start partial eclipse18:24:27Start full eclipse19:30:15Maximum eclipse20:21:44End full eclipse21:13:11End partial eclipse22:19:00End penumbral eclipse23:28:38
Mars was also visible near the Moon; coming this week, reported 9News, closer to Earth than at any time since 2003.
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Read the source: Wikinews ↗Source published 31 Jul 2018, 05:30 am IST
