On the morning of this Thursday 13 March, an astronomical phenomenon will take place for which, for a few hours, the moon will be reddish.
This is the so called “Blood Moon”. The satellite will pass through the shadow of the earth And it will seem red on the night of March 13 or later on the morning of March 14, depending on the time zone.
Why does the moon look like red?
During a lunar eclipse, the moon looks red or orange because All the sunlight that is not blocked by our planet It is filtered on a thick part of the atmosphere of the Earth on its path towards the lunar surface.
Where you can see
This eclipse will be visible from The western hemisphere of the earth. In conjunction with the full moon, the eclipse will be observed total by most America and partly in western and western Europe of Africa.
And in Spain?
In the case of Spain, the partiality of the eclipse will reach 40 percent in Galicia and 20 in the Balearic Islands. From Catalonia it will also be partially seen and its peak will be between 7.59 HY 8.32 h.
At 03.57 UTC, the moon will begin to become dark as a subsitian form as a penumbral eclipse. The partial eclipse will begin at 05.09 e The totality will do so on 06.26 UTC. The end of the totality will be at 07.31. The partial eclipse will end at 08.47 and the penumbral at 10.00 UTC, reports NASA.
No special equipment is needed to observe a lunar eclipse, even if some binoculars or a telescope will allow you to see better. A dark environment away from intense lights offers the best visualization conditions.
