The Super Flower Blood Moon will be on May 22, 2022. The scientist explains.
A lunar scientist shared the science behind why the Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse turns red and what to expect.
On Sunday, the moon will pass into the deep umbral shadow of the Earth in a band of visibility across the Americas, Africa, Europe, and the east Pacific. The Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse will be the first total lunar eclipse of the 21st century.
You can watch the lunar eclipse on the internet. The sun rises at 0130 GMT.
What time is the Super Flower Blood Moon eclipse?
Skywatchers call tonight's lunar eclipse a "super flower blood moon" because the full moon is near its closest point to Earth in the month. The Full Flower Moon is a traditional name for May's full moon, according to the website.
The definition of the supermoon is more complicated than it seems, according to a planetary scientist in a live video interview.
She said that every full moon is special. Sometimes it looks bigger in the sky. Some people call it a super moon.
A penumbral version of the lunar eclipse is set to happen in New Zealand, eastern Europe and the Middle East, as the moon skirts into the lighter, penumbral shadow our planet casts.
The moon is not a perfect circle. Richard Nolle suggested a community definition of a supermoon in 1979 which states that it occurs when the moon's monthly perigee is less than 98% of the closest approach to Earth. NASA tends to follow that definition.
The May supermoon is not granted by the 90% rule. Fred Espenak, a scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, says that May's moon is a super moon if you account for changes in the moon.
Supermoons are not as big as a typical full moon, so they are hard to judge in the sky. The blood red that accompanies a lunar eclipse is easy to spot. Denevi explained that the effect happens when light travels through the Earth's atmosphere and falls on the moon.
She said that the ring of light that you see on the moon is similar to what you see on Earth.
The stages of the Super Flower Blood Moon were explained.
While the eclipse will have no direct impact for viewers on Earth, NASA always tries to protect one of the lunar vessels as solar energy stops reaching cislunar space for a few hours.
In June 2009, the venerable lunar reconstitution was launched and has been working at the moon for 13 years. Denevi is the deputy principal investigator for the camera that takes high-definition images of the surface for lunar science, to find water and to map out landing missions.
It has batteries, but we use the solar panels to charge up the batteries, according to Denevi. Shutting down those instruments is how we prepare. We keep an eye on the spacecraft during the eclipse to make sure it is still healthy. As the eclipse ends, we can return to taking data.
The contribution of LRO to lunar science has been immense. Denevi paid tribute to the moon's ability to show a changing environment even though parts of the surface are billions of years old.
She said that some of the features may have formed just tens of millions of years ago.
New impact craters on the moon have been formed during the mission. We can pick up new craters on the moon when we are in the air.
There is a Super Flower Blood Moon Eclipse.
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There is a partial lunar eclipse on May 15. On May 16th, it starts at 0228GMT. The peak of the Blood Moon will be at 12:11 a.m. The lunar eclipse ends at 1:45 a.m. on May 16. The sun rises at 0555 GMT. According to TimeandDate.com, the penumbral moon phase of the eclipse will begin an hour earlier and end an hour after the partial eclipse.
You can watch the event on NASA Science Live, as well as on TimeandDate.com.
If you want to take pictures of the moon, check out our best cameras andlenses. There are guides on how to photograph a lunar eclipse and how to photograph the moon with a camera.
On May 15 at 9:32 p.m., NASA will start a live stream on moon science, eclipses, and the Artemis program for landing people on the moon. On May 15th, at 9:30 p.m., there will be an astronomy webcaster called Slooh. May 16 is the day of the 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 The entire eclipse will be shown on TimeandDate at 10 p.m. The date is May 15 and May 16.
The first of two lunar eclipses will take place in 2022. The next one will be visible from Asia, Australia, North America, parts of northern and eastern Europe, and most of South America, according to TimeandDate.com.
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