“This orientation of sun, Earth and moon actually happens every single month when the moon reaches its full phase, but the moon orbits our planet at a slight 5 degree tilt … that’s just enough of a difference to cause the moon to sometimes only cross through the umbra (partial lunar eclipse) or to miss our shadow completely,” he said.Īnd that 5-degree tilt can determine what type of celestial wonder the people of Earth get to see. Instead, we only get eclipses when the moon, on its tilted orbit, passes through the Earth's orbit when the moon is opposite the sun (lunar eclipse) or in the sun's direction (solar eclipse),” he said.Īnd lunar eclipses can only happen during the full moon since the sun has to be on the very opposite side to the moon, explained José Cotayo, an education specialist at Tampa’s Museum of Science and Industry. “If the moon's orbit was exactly aligned with the Earth's orbit, we would get one lunar eclipse every month (at full moon) and one solar eclipse every month (at new moon). The moon’s orbit around the Earth is at a tilt and because of this, the moon is either above or below the line connecting the sun and Earth, missing the planet’s shadow. So why aren’t there lunar eclipses every month? Gal has an answer for that too. Roy Gal from the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. “In a total lunar eclipse, the sun, moon, and Earth are all lined up, so that the moon passes through Earth's shadow,” explained Dr. A few lessons about a total lunar eclipse Kristen Thompson of Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina.Īnd here are a few things to know about a total lunar eclipse. This year’s total lunar eclipse was seen by those in North and Central America and other parts of the world, such as Australia, eastern Asia, northeastern Europe, and much of South America, said Dr.
My story about the #LunarEclipse can be found here: /N7swrzIb4n I was lucky enough to capture some of it.
The #TotalLunarEclipse graced the skies and for those who didn’t have clouds blocking their view, it was quite a sight. (Although space fans can still enjoy partial and penumbral lunar eclipses.) 8 (Election Day), and it will be the last total one for another three years. The total lunar eclipse and Beaver Moon happened on Tuesday, Nov. Scroll down to find out what time to see the total lunar eclipse in your area.Spectrum News interviews some space experts to explain lunar eclipses.
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