Here is when and the place to see the ‘blood moon’

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On the evening of Sept. 7-8, Australia, Asia, Africa and elements of Europe will get a spectacular view of all phases of a “blood moon” whole lunar eclipse.

During the occasion, which is able to final about 5 hours, the full Corn Moon will transfer by means of Earth’s shadow in area. It will regularly be engulfed by that shadow, taking over a copper-reddish shade — therefore the title “blood moon” — for 82 minutes, making it the longest whole lunar eclipse since 2022.

Unlike a whole photo voltaic eclipse, which could be seen solely from inside a slender path of totality, a complete lunar eclipse is seen from anyplace on Earth’s evening facet. Unfortunately for North America, it is on the day facet throughout this eclipse.

Despite that, this might be a extremely seen eclipse: The whole and partial phases might be observable by 5.8 billion individuals — about 71% of the world’s inhabitants. Among the primary cities to expertise totality might be Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, Australia; Tokyo; and Seoul. The final will embody Moscow; Ankara, Turkey; and Bucharest, Romania, with an eclipsed moon seen at moonrise from Western Europe.

Lunar eclipses are seen to the bare eye, and no particular tools is critical. However, to zoom in on particulars of the lunar floor and actually watch Earth’s shadow creep by, an excellent backyard telescope or a pair of stargazing binoculars will work wonders.

The final time a complete lunar eclipse was seen from North America was a 65-minute eclipse on March 14, 2025, and the subsequent one might be a 58-minute occasion on March 2-3, 2026, in line with Time and Date.

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The Sept. 7-8 lunar eclipse will final a complete of 5 hours, 27 minutes. The occasion begins at 11:28 a.m. EDT (15:28 UTC) on Sept. 7, with the complete moon transferring by means of Earth’s outer shadow, the penumbra, throughout which it’ll lose a lot of its brightness. As it begins to enter Earth’s darker interior shadow, the umbra, at 12:26 p.m. (16:26 UTC), a curved projection of Earth’s shadow might be seen regularly engulfing the moon.

Once the moon is totally contained in the umbra, at 1:30 p.m. EDT (17:30 UTC), it’ll seem copper-red for 82 minutes, till 2:52 p.m. EDT (18:52 UTC). The spectacle will then back down because the moon regularly exits the umbra after which the penumbra, earlier than ending at 4:55 p.m. (20:55 UTC), in line with EarthSky.

Livestreams of the entire lunar eclipse might be offered from Cyprus by Time and Date and from Italy by The Virtual Telescope Project.