It doesn't seem like there's enough time to disturb your sleep, and it's another nighttime disturbance to prevent you from counting the sheep: The red moon rises in Maryland later this week. And you don't want to miss it.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the local area is facing between the sun and the full moon. The sun casts the shadow of the earth onto the moon's surface, turning it into a red orange color.
What will happen from Thursday night is a total lunar eclipse, which means the entire moon falls in the darkest part of the earth's shadow, a region known as umbra. The last time Maryland was visible was in November 2022.
Here are five things about this week’s lunar eclipse.
You need to stay up late Thursday night.
According to NASA, a lunar eclipse in Maryland is expected to be at 11:57 p.m. Thursday. Partial solar eclipse – It seems that the moon has a bite from the moon – starts around 1:09 a.m., and the integer will start at 2:26 a.m., as the moon starts to glow copper red, which will end around 3:31 a.m., the moon will gradually disappear in color, and Eclipse will end at 6 a.m. Friday.
The overall period will be longer than usual.
It is expected to be able to observe a blood-red moon for more than an hour, about 65 minutes. Take some time to look westward to Jupiter and Mars. According to NASA, the sign may also be more pronounced to the eyes when the moon is in a shadow state. The moon will be in the constellation of the Leo below the hind paws of the Leo at the beginning of the eclipse. It will soon pass Virgo. NASA said.
You won't watch it alone.
More than a billion people live in places where the blood-red moon will be visible this week, including Siberia, West Africa, New Zealand and North America.
The weather may not cooperate.
The party with low temperatures in the mid-40s was turbid, according to the National Weather Service. However, there is a warm front that is expected to enter the area by the end of the week, which could add to the clouds of showers and the chances of increasing. Nevertheless, according to NASA, “The more dust or clouds there is in the Earth’s atmosphere during an eclipse, the moon appears.”
If you miss it, you can still see it.
The next date for the next lunar eclipse is September 7, but it can only be seen in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia. You have to wait until March 3, 2026 to view from the Americas, but not all eclipses are visible on our continent as this week will be this week. After that, until 2029, there are no other opportunities to see the lunar eclipse in the region.
If you want to learn more about lunar eclipse, visit Science.nasa.gov.
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