On Saturday, the moon passed through part of Earth’s shadow in a partial lunar eclipse, likely visible to millions of stargazers in the Eastern Hemisphere, providing some early sky-gazing fun days before Halloween. .
The October 28th partial lunar eclipse, the last of four solar eclipses in 2023 with two moon and two solar eclipses each, will occur during October’s Full Hunter’s Moon, with parts of the moon in the darkness of night. It showed an eerie sight of being swallowed up and disappearing. Earth’s shadow.
Lunar eclipses occurred only from the night side of Earth, when our planet moves between the moon and the sun. Skywatchers with clear skies could see the event from parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Some observers were also able to catch the final stages of the eclipse in some US states, including New York, Alaska, and North Carolina. For others, several live stream webcasts of the lunar eclipse showed his view online from Ceccano, Italy, by TimeandDate.com and the Virtual Telescope Project.
time and date.com Stunning video of the entire lunar eclipsewith telescopes spanning three continents, including Bergen, Norway, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Perth, Australia.
Near the end of the eclipse, telescopes in Norway captured a truly spectacular sight. It is a lunar eclipse that disappears with the planet Jupiter shining in the upper right corner of the moon.
In Dubai, nearly 200 spectators gathered at the Al Turaya Astronomy Center in Mushrif Park to watch the lunar eclipse with the Dubai Astronomy Group, who webcast their views on a live stream on TimeandDate.com.
“A lot of kids came to watch this event. We’re so excited, but no one’s using their cell phones. It’s unbelievable, everyone’s just looking up at the moon. ” Khadijah Ahmad, operations manager of Dubai Astronomy Group, said during the livestream. . “We have about eight telescopes installed downstairs, and the public can sit on top of these telescopes to observe and take pictures.”
Cloudy weather in London, England wasn’t enough to ruin the view for one skywatcher.
“The clouds parted just in time for the climax at 9:14pm in London,” one observer wrote. People called Epiphany and @FunkyAppleTree in X, formerly known as Twitter, shares amazing photos. “I was excited.”
Thanks, @metoffice The clouds parted just in time for the 9:14pm climax in London. I was excited. @StormHour @skyatnightmag #PartialLunarEclipse #LunarEclipse pic.twitter.com/9msYmocI5wOctober 28, 2023
Another observer in Delhi, India, was similarly surprised.
“Oh, it’s my first time. [my] The life I tried and was lucky enough to see [a] A very clear lunar eclipse was visible in Delhi. ” Shweta @imshwetta wrote to X. “Partially black moon”
Oh, I tried it for the first time in my life and luckily I was able to see it very clearly #Lunar eclipse in Delhi Partial moon covered in black #Chandragrahan #Moon #LunarEclipse2023 pic.twitter.com /TQowehIBbAOctober 28, 2023
Here are some more surprising insights from X eclipse watchers who tracked the lunar eclipse around the world.
Watch: Maximum portion of #LunarEclipse taken from Cebu City, Philippines on October 29th at 4:14am (Standard Time). Alma Alfafara, thank you so much for sharing! Sony a7iisigma 100-400mm600mm aps-c mode pic.twitter.com/X0Wdcvalv4October 28, 2023
In Italy, photojournalist Lorenzo Di Cola of NurPhoto and Getty Images captured this view of the lunar eclipse from L’Aquila, Italy, showing Earth’s shadow on the moon from a different vantage point.
I captured a mesmerizing lunar eclipse over Mumbai tonight on my mobile phone. 🌕✨ #Lunar eclipse #Mumbai sky #Night photo #Astronomy love pic.twitter.com/AG1rwssnNjOctober 28, 2023
Shocking horror! Bring along all the flat Earthers who think the Earth may be round!! 🤭The post-maximal lunar eclipse seen from behind the camera! The curved shadow of the Earth projected on the #Moon is clearly visible!! #LunarEclipse #MoonHour @MoonHourSocial @DavidBflower pic.twitter.com/SDxEP16kTFOctober 28, 2023
Saturday’s partial lunar eclipse was expected to begin at 2:01 p.m. EDT (19:01 JST) and last for about four and a half hours until 6:26 p.m. EDT (10:26 JST). . It was a partial solar eclipse because the moon was only partially in the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, called the umbra, when this phenomenon occurred.
This was the last lunar eclipse of 2023. The next lunar eclipse will occur on March 24, 2024, but it will not be as impressive, the moon will only pass through the Earth’s outer shadow, which scientists call the penumbra. This eclipse will be visible from North America and is a precursor to the truly spectacular total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, which will be visible from Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
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