If you want to watch the occultation live then visit the YouTube channel of the Hong Kong Space Museum, which will stream it from 18:00 until 21:00 HKT in Cantonese. Expect to see some close-up images of Uranus very close to the limb of a reddish lunar surface. It’s a bit like sunsets and sunrises.Īs seen from parts of Asia and Alaska the Moon will move across and black-out Uranus in what astronomers call an “occultation.” What’s more it will do so during its 85 minutes totality phase. So the dominant color of light we’ll see on the Moon for that short time will be red. Short-wavelength blue light from the Sun hits molecules in Earth’s atmosphere and scatters, but longer-wavelength red and orange light mostly travels right through, striking fewer molecules. The only light that reaches the lunar surface will have first been filtered by the Earth’s atmosphere, which will result in the lunar surface going a reddish color for a stunning 85 minutes. It will go red because of Rayleigh scattering It should be a naked eye sight just above-left of the Moon (the farther west the observer, the closer they will be to each other), but have some binoculars handy just to make sure you get to see its tiny blue-green disc. However, during totality the Moon’s brightness is greatly lessened, revealing Uranus for much of the 1 hour 25 minutes totality. Uranus is far dimmer than the Moon, so even when they pass closely together it’s usually hidden in the glare from the lunar surface. The entire night-side of Earth will see not only a total lunar eclipse, but also the rare sight of the seventh planet Uranus. A blue-green planet will meet a red-orange Moon Totality will bring the rare sight of the seventh planet Uranus. That one will be visible from North America, South America and the Pacific, the Atlantic, Europe and Africa. The next totality to beat next week’s-and surpass it, in fact-will be a 102-minute event on June 26, 2029. The next total lunar eclipse will occur on Maand be visible from North America, South America and the Pacific, with some of the phases visible from Europe, Africa and Asia. This will be the final total lunar eclipse until 2025 and it won’t be equaled in length until 2029. There won’t be a ‘Blood Moon’ this good until 2029 That’s unlike the a deep, dark and jaw-dropping “Blood Moon” seen from North America last May. In the early hours of Novemit will last for 85 minutes and travel through the northern part of Earth’s shadow close to its edge, so the northern area of the eclipsed Moon is expected to be fairly bright during totality. That happens just occasionally, and it can take anywhere from 105 minutes (as in 2018) to just five minutes (as in 2015). A total lunar eclipse occurs when a full Moon passes through Earth’s 870,000 miles/1.4 million km long shadow in space.
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