The next total lunar eclipse will be on March 13, 2025.
The first eclipse lunar of 2022 could be seen in Barcelona in all its splendor in the early hours of the night Monday, May 16. It was a total lunar eclipse and perfectly visible from high places and with little light pollution.
And it was special for another reason: because it coincided with the phenomenon blood Moonwhich is what happens when the Sun, the Earth and the Moon they are aligned in such a way that the shadow of our planet completely covers the face of the Moon. The sunlight that manages to pass through the atmosphere is refracted towards the red part and is projected on the lunar surface, causing it to be seen in a orange or reddish tint.
Two weeks after the partial eclipse
This Tuesday, a similar phenomenon will be experienced again: a eclipse de luna which matches the call blood Moon. And it happens just two weeks after the partial eclipse that could be seen in our country.
A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts a full shadowcalled umbra, on the moon. Earth’s shadow is classified into two parts: the umbra, the innermost part of the shadow where direct sunlight is completely blocked, and the penumbra, the outermost part of the shadow where light is partially blocked.
Start and end
Unfortunately, the eclipse will be visible in Asia, Australia and North America, but not from Spain. The duration of the total eclipse will be one hour and 25 minutes. In penumbra mode, it will be five hours and 52 minutes, and in partial eclipse mode, three hours and 39 minutes. The beginning of the penumbral eclipse will take place at 9:02 a.m. peninsular time over America and the Pacific. The partial eclipse will be visible from 10:09 a.m. and the total eclipse will begin at 11:16 a.m. It will end at 12.41. The shadow eclipse will end at 1:48 p.m. and the penumbral eclipse at 2:54 p.m. It will have been visible in its last phases in western North America, the Pacific, Australia and Asia, reports the National Astronomical Observatory.
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In addition, since last the 5th and until this Friday, Mars is visible “almost in the center of the winter hexagon”, according to the Madrid Observatory, which adds that “the Moon will be setting in the west and on the 11th the you will see next to Mars”.
If you look at the sky before the Sun rises you can see Mars almost in the center of the winter hexagon. It’s taking the first steps in its retrograde motion, but it’s still hard to see. The Moon will be setting in the west and on the 11th you will see it next to Mars. pic.twitter.com/Mfkuz0Jp7h
— Royal Observatory (@RObsMadrid) November 4, 2022
The Blood Moon of November 8 is the second total lunar eclipse of 2022 after the May lunar eclipse. The next total lunar eclipse will be on March 13, 2025. There will also be a second total lunar eclipse that year, on September 7, 2025, according to eclipse specialists at the NASA. In 2023 and 2024, the moon will experience either a partial lunar eclipse, when only part of the moon passes through the umbra, or a very slight penumbral eclipse, when the moon dips through the outermost layer of Earth’s shadow. Earth, called penumbra.