On the night of this Tuesday (17), a partial lunar eclipse will occur during a Supermoon providing a spectacle in the sky that can be seen throughout Brazil.
To the Supermoons are the largest and brightest lunar events of the year. They occur when the satellite is at its closest point to Earth (perigee), since the Moon’s orbit around the Earth is not a perfect circle, but an elliptical path.
Already the partial lunar eclipse occurs when only a part of the satellite is covered by the Earth’s shadow.
Lunar eclipses occur when the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon, which ends up being “blocked” from receiving sunlight due to the Earth’s shadow. For this to happen, the Moon must be in its full phase.
In a total lunar eclipse, the Moon is completely covered by the Earth’s shadow, while in a partial eclipse only part of the satellite receives this shadow — which looks like a “bite” in the Moon.
The partial eclipse on Tuesday (17), however, should not be very expressive. At the maximum moment of the eclipse, only 3.5% of the Moon’s area should appear covered.
The combination of these two phenomena occurs about a month after a rare blue supermoon in mid-August.
How to observe the partial eclipse of the Supermoon?
Both the Supermoon and the partial lunar eclipse are observable with the naked eye and will be visible throughout Brazil — if the weather conditions are favorable and the sky is not cloudy.
The partial eclipse will begin at 11:12 p.m. (Brasília time) on Tuesday. The peak of the eclipse is expected to be reached at 11:44 p.m., with the end scheduled for 12:15 a.m., in the early hours of Wednesday (18).
The National Observatory will also broadcast the live event on your YouTube channel. The broadcast will begin at 9:30 pm on Tuesday (17).
*With information from Agência Brasil
This content was originally published in How to observe the partial eclipse of the Supermoon this Tuesday (17)? on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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