The longest total lunar eclipse in a decade will occur today, June 15th. During the eclipse, the Earth's shadow will completely cover the Moon for one hour and 40 minutes and partially cover it for three hours and 40 minutes. The path that the Moon is taking through Earth's shadow is almost directly through the shadow's center, making for the longest possible path and therefor the longest duration. On June 15, Earth's shadow will start to darken the moon at 18:23 universal time (UT) ...
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Today, all across the Eastern (and parts of the Western) Hemisphere, sky gazers will be treated to a rare and beautiful sight, a total lunar eclipse.
Wednesday's rare total lunar eclipse promises to be 100 minutes long. The full event can be seen from from the eastern half of Africa, the Middle East, central Asia and western Australia.
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Everybody is gearing up for a date with a moon that will turn scarlet in the shadow of Earth. You are lucky if you manage to be in Africa, Central Asia, South America, Europe, Australia or Philippines because you will be the ones to witness total lunar eclipse.
The first total lunar eclipse in 2011 will take place on Wednesday, which is one of the longest eclipses of the moon and will last just over 100 minutes, the duration of which rivals only three other eclipses in the last 100 years.
As we expectantly wait for tomorrow's longest lunar eclipse of 11 years, those of us in the U.S. and Canada may have given up on the rare orange glow of the full moon. But here is the good news - thanks to modern technology, we will be given the privilege to watch it from home (or office) on the internet.
A total lunar eclipse on Wednesday is expected to last 100 minutes, according to NASA. An eclipse of that length is extremely rare because it takes a precise alignment of the earth and the moon to block the sunlight for that long.
This coming Wednesday, most regions of the earth are expected to experience the longest total lunar eclipse since July 2000.
The first total lunar eclipse in 2011 will take place on Wednesday, June 15, which is one of the longest eclipses of the moon and will last just over 100 minutes.
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A set of NASA images from the rover Opportunity have been used to make a film of an eclipse as seen from Mars.
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