Lunar Eclipse
Parts of the world shall witness a partial lunar eclipse on Saturday when the moon will enter the earth’s shadow. Due to its proximity to the horizon, parts of the US and Canada would experience a larger moon, an effect termed as ‘moon illusion’.
As per the NASA explanation, moons closer to the horizon appear, “unnaturally large when they beam through trees, buildings and other foreground objects”, though the exact cause behind this phenomenon is yet to be confirmed.
India, Japan and parts of East Asia will also be able to view the eclipse, but in UK and Europe it won’t be visible due to the time difference.
Asia can witness the event along with the moonrise in the evening. The eclipse begins at 1017 GMT and shall reach the maximum when it covers 54 percent of the moon’s diameter, around 1138 GMT.
Since the sun, moon, and the earth do not align in a straight line, the lunar eclipse shall remain partial, extending to a period of three hours.
June 26th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Even though cameras prove that low moons are no wider than any other moons, the human brain insists otherwise.
June 27th, 2010 at 9:08 am
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