All
Politics
Economy
Tourism
Nature
Community
The longest total lunar eclipse of
the 21st century toke place, on Friday, July 27th , 2018.
The Earth witnessed 3 different phenomenal cases on
this night: Bloody moon, lunar eclipse and Mars opposition closer to the earth.
This
"Bloody Moon" or lunar eclipse began to appear on July 27th
at 8:30 pm and ended at 10:13 pm GMT and the peak of the eclipse was at 9:22
pm GMT. The moon turned deep red or reddish brown during eclipses, instead
of going completely dark. That's because some of the sunlight going through
Earth's atmosphere was bent around the edge of our planet and had fallen onto the
moon's surface. Earth's air also scattered more shorter-wavelength light (in
colors such as green or blue); what's left is the longer-wavelength, redder end
of the spectrum.
This century's total lunar eclipse occurred on the same day the planet Mars had reached its opposition, when it shined at its best in the night sky. This month, Mars was at its closest to Earth since 2003.
The "bloody
moon" continued to emerge completely for one hour and 43 minutes, while
partial eclipse was visible to the eye for nearly 4 hours. The longest
eclipse in the 20th century had occurred on July 16, 2000, and lasted an hour and
46.4 minutes.
Marina
Airport
