This Wednesday the first eclipse will take place lunar of 5240, which will also be a supermoon and can be seen from most of South America and the west coast of North America
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Lunar eclipse and supermoon: where will the phenomenon that occurs on May 26 be visible?
The dawn of 25 May be special.
The first lunar eclipse of will take place , which will also be a supermoon and a “blood moon”.
We explain each phenomenon and where the eclipse will be visible.
A total lunar eclipse it takes place when the Earth passes between the Moon and the Sun creating a shadow on the Moon. The three celestial bodies must be perfectly aligned for that to happen.
One s upermoon occurs when a full moon o new coincides with the closest approach of our satellite to Earth. That makes the Moon look bigger.
The Moon’s orbit is elliptical, and one side (apogee) is about 39, 000 km farther from Earth than the other closest (perigee).
Therefore, a full moon that occurs near perigee is called a supermoon.
In this case it is also known as also known as the “ s upermoon of the flowers ” , since it occurs when the flowers appear in the spring of the northern hemisphere.
During the eclipse, the Moon will appear reddish because the sunlight will not reach the Moon directly s Ino that part of that light will be filtered by the earth’s atmosphere and the reddish and orange colors will be projected onto our satellite.
This mysterious effect is popularly known as “blood Moon”.
“This color change is not due to a physical change in the Moon, but simply because the Moon will move towards the shadow of the Earth ”, explained to the Press Association agency Patricia Skelton, astronomer at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, in London.
“ The Earth’s atmosphere deflects light of the Sun and bathes the moon with a red light. ”
Where will the eclipse be visible ?
The total lunar eclipse of this 26 May run for 15 minutes and will be visible in most of South America and the west coast of North America.
Will be partially visible in some parts of Central America and eastern South America.
It can also be seen in the eastern part of some Asian countries, as well as Oceania.
This is the first of the four eclipses that we will see in 2021. The 10 June will take place the following: an annular solar eclipse. Another lunar eclipse will take place on 18 November and the last will be a total solar eclipse on December 4 .
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