Total lunar eclipse will bring the cosmic show in sky, All about the Super Blood Moon

Set your alarm, tomorrow is going to be a dazzling sky show as the first total lunar eclipse of 2021 will take place in the sky after more than two years. On 26 May, a total lunar eclipse will combine with other rare lunar phenomena and will form Super Flower Blood Moon in the sky.

 

It will be a superlunar event because the supermoon, lunar eclipse, and blood moon, all will occur at once.

 

 

As per NASA, a lunar eclipse occurs on a full moon day when the earth comes in between the sun and the moon and when all the three objects are aligned. The lunar eclipse happens twice a year during which, the moon comes in the same horizontal plane as the Earth and Sun.

 

 

 

 

 

Moon will pass through the umbra of Earth's shadow, creating what is known as a "blood moon" in a total lunar eclipse.

 

 

During this type of eclipse, the Moon will gradually get darker, taking on a rusty or blood-red color. The color is so striking that lunar eclipses are sometimes called Blood Moons.

 

 

 

 

 

"Super" comes from the position of the moon being closest to Earth, which makes it appear larger. "Blood" is on account of the Moon appearing red because of the light refracted through the Earth's atmosphere.

 

 

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), it will be visible for a short span of time from the north-eastern parts of India. "The partial lunar eclipse will be visible for a short span from the north-eastern region (except Sikkim), some parts of West Bengal, some coastal parts of Odisha and Andaman, and the Nicobar Islands," the IMD said.

 

Meanwhile, itcan be well observed in Australia, United States, western South America, the Pacific, and South-East Asia.

 

The eclipse is set to begin May 26 at 1:46 a.m. PDT, with the Moon entering the darkest part of the Earth’s shadow at 2:45 a.m. Part of it will remain in the umbra until 5:53 a.m. To catch totality – the period when all of the Moon’s surface is blanketed by the Earth’s dark shadow – lookup between 4:11 and 4:26 a.m. It will commence at 2:17 pm and end at 7:19 pm in India.

 

 

Unlike a solar eclipse, which is dangerous when viewed with naked eyes, lunar eclipses are perfectly safe. However, you'll have a better view if you use optical tools such as binoculars or astronomical telescopes.

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