A total lunar eclipse will take place on November 8, and if you miss it, you’ll have to wait until 2025.
According to Angkasa, a total lunar eclipse will take place on the evening of Tuesday, November 8, 2022, but it will be a little early, from 4:02 p.m. to 9:56 p.m.
The penumbral phase of the lunar eclipse begins at 4:02 p.m. on November 8 and will not be visible to the naked eye. The partial phase of the lunar eclipse begins at 5:09 p.m. During this phase, part of the moon appears darker because it is covered by the Earth’s own shadow.
The total phase of the lunar eclipse begins at 6:16 pm, when the moon turns red and at 7:00 pm the moon will be completely covered by the Earth’s umbra. Because of its color, a total lunar eclipse is called a blood moon.
The total eclipse phase ends at 7:41 p.m. and the partial phase begins again. The penumbral phase begins again at 8:49 p.m. From then on, the eclipse will not be visible to the naked eye. The eclipse ends at 9:56pm.
According to the Malaysian Astronomical Bureau, the first three phases of the eclipse will not be observed in Malaysia because the moon is still below the horizon at this time. Only when the moon starts to rise above the horizon at 6:53 p.m. will Malaysia be able to observe the moon.
This is an astronomical phenomenon in which the moon, the earth and the sun are lined up in a straight line, with the earth blocking the sun’s light and the earth’s shadow appearing on the moon.
During the total eclipse phase, people will enjoy a “red moon”. This is because the red rays of the sun have the longest wavelengths and are less affected by atmospheric scattering and absorption, so they penetrate the atmosphere and refract to the moon, which is hiding behind the Earth’s shadow.
