NR_Daddy Posted March 12 Report Posted March 12 (edited) For all those interested in the planets and stars, tonight will see an amazing sight in our skies, but only for some of us .... A Lunar Eclipse will happen on the night of 13th/14th March. A Lunar Eclipse happens when the Moon is cast in the Earth's shadow. The result is what is known as a Blood Moon, where the light that hits the Earth's atmosphere is split. Blue light is dispersed by the atmosphere, and red light is refracted through the atmosphere and reaches the Moon. This results in the Moon appearing to glow a red/orange/brown colour at the moment of total eclipse. Unfortunately not everywhere will see a total eclipse. Only the majority of North and South America will see the total eclipse. Europe will see only a partial eclipse, where some of the Moon is in the shadow of the Earth. For those who want to see a total eclipse in Europe, you won't have much longer to wait, as the phenomenon will happen on September 7th this year. Also, you will have to be up late in continental America to see the eclipse. Total eclipse is predicted at 2:26am EDT and will last just over an hour, so there are plenty of opportunities to see it and photograph it. If you want to see the partial eclipse in the UK, you will have to be up early, as it begins to eclipse at 3:57am and maximum of the eclipse in London will be at 6:19am Guide to watching the Lunar eclipse in America .... https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/moon/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-march-2025-total-lunar-eclipse/ Guide to watching the Lunar Eclipse in the UK .... https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/lunar-eclipse-guide If you take any photos of it or watch it, I'd love to see and hear your account of it. Below is a photo I took of the lunar eclipse back in 2015 in Europe. Apologies for the quality, I had to shrink it to post here. Edited March 13 by NR_Daddy updated 5 2 1
NR_Daddy Posted March 13 Author Report Posted March 13 4 hours ago, LittleBiscut said: Can you see it in Australia? Sadly you won't see much in Australia. There won't be a blood moon where it turns red. You will however see a darker moon with a "bite" taken out of it. The next total eclipse visible in Australia will be the same total eclipse we see here in the UK, on Sept 7th/8th This link gives you some more detail for those in Oz ... https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-03-13/march-lunar-eclipse-australia-partial-blood-moon/105036274 1
NR_Daddy Posted March 13 Author Report Posted March 13 Just now, LittleBiscut said: Thank you ❤️ You're most welcome. I will be posting more about celestial events in future, as and when they come around. 1
DaddyABQ Posted March 13 Report Posted March 13 I'm in New Mexico, and--weather permitting--we're supposed to be in a good spot to see it. If I can, I'll see about getting some photos tonight. 1
NR_Daddy Posted March 13 Author Report Posted March 13 44 minutes ago, DaddyABQ said: I'm in New Mexico, and--weather permitting--we're supposed to be in a good spot to see it. If I can, I'll see about getting some photos tonight. That's awesome. Hope you enjoy watching it. 1
DaddyABQ Posted March 13 Report Posted March 13 4 minutes ago, NR_Daddy said: That's awesome. Hope you enjoy watching it. Here's hoping. The weather tonight might be iffy. 1
WizardofOSS Posted March 14 Report Posted March 14 (edited) Saw it perfectly at 1:30am CST!! Blood red with just a hint or Penumbra at the top of the Moon. I tried to take a picture, but my camera ran out of film. 🤪 Actually....Droids suck for pictures of the Moon. 😭 I need to get an 🍎!!! Did anyone else get a picture? Edited March 14 by WizardofOSS 1
NR_Daddy Posted March 14 Author Report Posted March 14 11 minutes ago, WizardofOSS said: Saw it perfectly at 1:30am CST!! Blood red with just a hint or Penumbra at the top of the Moon. I tried to take a picture, but my camera ran out of film. 🤪 Actually....Droids suck for pictures of the Moon. 😭 I need to get an 🍎!!! Did anyone else get a picture? I'm glad you got to see it. I woke up at 5am and looked out of the curtains and saw the moon a bit darker than normal, with a "chunk taken out" of the top left corner. I then went and got dressed and got my DSLR camera and tripod out, and by the time I had done that, it was covered with cloud! For taking pictures of the night sky or things like the moon, you ideally need somewhere to fix your phone to and set for a longer exposure. I'm sure there will be tutorials online on how to do it for each phone. 1
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