Washington D.C., May 25: A lunar eclipse is an astronomical event. It occurs when the Earth comes between the sun and the moon. Lunar eclipses only occur on full moon nights. It is visible for a few hours and is seen from certain parts of the world only. The Moon usually looks reddish-brown after the lunar eclipse.
The total lunar eclipse will be visible near moonset in the western continental United States and Canada, all of Mexico, most of Central America and Ecuador, western Peru, southern Chile and Argentina. Along the Asian Pacific Rim, the total eclipse will be visible just after moonrise. The total duration of the eclipse is 5 hours, 2 minutes.
The penumbral eclipse will start at 0847 UTC, and end at 1349 UTC. Maximum eclipse would be at 1118 UTC. It will not be visible in all parts of India. But a partial lunar eclipse will be seen in the north-eastern states, some parts of West Bengal and Odisha. A supermoon occurs when the Moon’s orbit is closest to the Earth. During this event, because the full moon is a little bit closer to us than usual, it appears especially large and bright in the sky.
-News story by Shreya Agarwal
