![]() ![]() ![]() January’s is the commonly called the “wolf moon.” What if I miss it? What’s the “wolf” part about? Just as many refer to the September/October full moon as the “harvest moon” and a rare 13th full moon to occur in a single year as a “blue moon,” various North American and European cultures have a tradition of naming every month’s full moon. The moon turns reddish during the totality phase of an eclipse because the sunlight illuminating it first hits Earth’s atmosphere, which traps the blue light in the spectrum (see: the daytime sky), while the “red, orange, and yellow wavelengths pass through into the planet’s shadow and get projected onto the moon,” according to Vox’s Brian Resnick. What does a lunar eclipse look like-and why is this one called a ‘super blood wolf moon’?Ī “supermoon” occurs when the full moon aligns with a point in its elliptical orbit when it is almost the closest it gets to the earth-thus appearing larger than usual. The moon should rise in the east early Sunday evening and will be east-southeast in the sky when the eclipse begins. The good news is that, unlike with solar eclipses, you don’t need any contraptions or special glasses to look at the lunar eclipse, so you can (and should) include binoculars-which will enhance your viewing experience-in your outerwear ensemble. What will the weather be like for the lunar eclipse?Ĭhilly temperatures should accompany the clear skies, with overnight temperatures expected to be in the lower 40s. We’ll also be able to see bright stars not normally visible due to their proximity during a full moon-with the (relatively) nearby Beehive Cluster and the bright Gemini stars Castor and Pollux visible. Thanks to strong winds blowing in a cold front Saturday, the sky should be clear Sunday night, so you can pick one of your favorite sky-watching spots or just see it from home. Where is the lunar eclipse visible in Austin? From beginning to end, it will last approximately five hours, with totality lasting almost exactly an hour. the whole thing will be over by 2 a.m Monday. in Austin, with totality beginning at 10:40 p.m., reaching its peak at 11:12 p.m., and ending at 11:45 p.m. ![]() The first phase of the eclipse should be visible around 9:30 p.m. (For those taking notes, that includes Austin.) When is the lunar eclipse visible in Austin? Unlike the solar eclipse in 2017, which didn’t reach totality in Austin, the full lunar eclipse should be visible to all of North America, South America, and parts of Europe and Africa. How much of the lunar eclipse will we see in Austin? If you’re trying to commune with this massive moon, here’s what you need to know. That means that if we have the clear, cold night forecasters expect, we get to see a giant, red moon-and it’ll be pretty hard to miss. Because the moon will be near its closest approach to Earth at the time, it’s a supermoon, which appears slightly larger in the sky than normal. Want a good way to know where the moon is during its eclipse cycle? If the moon is dimming, yet you can still trace the entire perimeter of the lunar disk, then it has not yet entered the umbral ring.Beginning late Sunday night, January 20, and lasting into early Monday morning, a total lunar eclipse will be visible from North America. Here in Grapevine, Texas, the moon barely entered the umbral ring, which is why even at totality (blown up and centered in this composition) the northern rim of the moon has a slight brightening to it. Some lunar eclipse "totalities" last longer than others. For those wondering why earth sunsets are red, it happens for the same reason described here. In other words, as light passes around the earth and is refracted toward the moon, the absence of the blue light causes the "blood" color, as the Internet likes to sensationalize it. When it does, it takes on a red hue, caused by the scattering of blue light through earth's own atmosphere. To become a "total" eclipse, the moon must enter the umbral ring entirely. The actual lunar size of approximately 30 arc minutes is demonstrated by the smaller lunar images shown here. What many do not realize is that there are two aspects to the shadow, a penumbra, where sunlight begins to hide the lunar surface (note the dimming of the lunar limb once it enters the penumbral ring), and an umbra, when sunlight is completely blocked on the lunar surface.īoth the penumbral and umbral rings are shown here to scale. This seems counterintuitive.while the moon moves left to right (east to west) from our perspective in Texas, the shadow of the earth actually catches up to the moon from the left side, eclipses it, and exits out of the moon after about 6 hours, speeding on ahead. About this Image: This linear composition shows the eclipse sequence, moving right to left. ![]()
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