Simply forward of a total lunar eclipse, a satellite noticed the curve of the moon floating above our planet.
The Beaver Blood Moon lunar eclipse Tuesday (Nov. 8) will start at 4:10 a.m. EST (0910 GMT) and can finish at roughly 7:49 a.m. EST (1249 GMT) when the moon as soon as once more emerges from Earth’s shadow. You may watch the total lunar eclipse on Space.com at no cost, courtesy of a number of webcasts from observatories throughout the US that begin at 3 a.m. EST (0800 GMT).
Earlier than that huge occasion, a Japanese satellite noticed one thing particular: the refracted picture of the moon hovering simply above our planet, thanks the light-bending nature of Earth’s atmosphere.
“This morning, Japan’s #Himawari satellite noticed a bizarre form above our planet . . . anybody know what it’s?” tweeted (opens in new tab) Simon Proud, a analysis fellow on the Nationwide Centre for Earth Remark in the UK, on Monday (Nov. 7).
Proud, who makes use of open satellite information like that of Himawari’s to look at climate change, tweeted (opens in new tab) a full image of the moon only a few minutes later to reply his personal query. “Draw back of taking part in this recreation on Twitter, too a lot of my followers are specialists and know the reply,” he stated.
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If you’re hoping to photograph the moon throughout Tuesday’s eclipse, take a look at our guides on how to photograph a lunar eclipse and how to photograph the moon with a camera. You may put together on your subsequent moon observing session with our guides to the best cameras for astrophotography and best lenses for astrophotography.
In case you miss this lunar occasion, the following total lunar eclipse will happen on March 14, 2025. Partial eclipses will happen in 2023 and 2024. In between eclipse season, observe there’s a full moon each month, so you possibly can proceed to {photograph} the moon and follow your observing forward of the following total lunar eclipse.
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