In pictures ... the giant blood moon glowing as if it were on our planet
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On the night of May 27, observers in Oceania, Hawaii, East Asia and Antarctica see a lunar eclipse coinciding with the moon’s closest approach to Earth, making it a "gigantic" eclipse that turns the moon red in what is known as the "blood giant moon" phenomenon. The dates of this eclipse extend for a period of time. Two days because the area in which it will be visible extends over a great distance.
According to Space, a space news site, a lunar eclipse occurs when the moon is on the other side of the Earth like the sun.
We usually see a full moon when this happens, but very often the moon enters Earth's shadow, resulting in an eclipse.
And unlike the solar eclipse, which appears only along a narrow path, the lunar eclipse can be seen from the entire night side of the Earth;
This complete eclipse takes about five hours from beginning to end.
The timing depends a lot on the time zone in which he is located.
In Asia, an eclipse occurs near the moonrise in the evening.
And on the west coast of the Americas, the eclipse occurs in the early morning hours, near the sunset of the moon.
The blood giant will be best viewed in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, the islands of the South Pacific and southwest Alaska.
The moon is usually 240,000 miles (384,500 km) away from Earth, but its orbit is not completely circular.
So the distance varies a little.
When it reaches perigee this month, the moon will be 222,022 miles (357,311 km) from Earth, according to Heavens-Above.com calculations.
The moon appears a little bigger when it is closer.
The eclipse begins at 4:47:39 AM EST (08:47:39 GMT), according to NASA's Eclipse Page.
This is when the moon touches the semi-shadow.
The partial phase of the eclipse begins about 57 minutes later at 5:44 a.m. EST (09:44:57 GMT).
Then the moon enters the total phase of the eclipse at 7:11:25 EST (11:11:25 GMT) and completes exiting the shadow at 10:52:22 EST (12:52:22 GMT) .
And in Asia, as one moves east, more eclipses can be seen, and in Bangkok, the moon, which will already be deep in the earth's shadow, rises red - at 6:38 pm.
Local time;
Then the moon emerges from the shade at 7:52 pm.
Local time, and the partial eclipse ends at 8:49 p.m.
Local time.
And from Tokyo, one can see the complete parachute phase of the eclipse after moonrise at 6:37 pm local time.
The moon will appear slightly darker.
Two-thirds of the entire eastern Australian population is experiencing the entire eclipse.
From Melbourne the partial eclipse begins at 6:47 pm EST.
For observers in the United States, the only places where the eclipse appears in full is Hawaii or Alaska.
Why is the giant blood moon turning color
The moon turns red due to the Earth's atmosphere.
The atmosphere tends to scatter blue light - which is one reason the sky appears blue from the ground.
When the Earth passes between the sun and the moon, sunlight passes through the earth's atmosphere and the blue light is dispersed.
Additionally, the light is refracted, or bent, and focused on the moon.
In this sense, the Earth's air is like a giant lens.
The light strikes the moon and reflects on us - and we see the moon turn red.
From the viewpoint of observers, the Earth loses the sun and is surrounded by a red ring of refracted sunlight, and this lunar eclipse appears slightly larger than usual because the moon will reach perigee, which is the closest point in its orbit to the Earth.
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